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Definitions of couplet
  1. noun
    two items of the same kind
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  2. noun
    a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed
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Definition that contains couplet
  • heroic couplet a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter and written in an elevated style
  • closed couplet a rhymed couplet that forms a complete syntactic unit
  • heroic stanza a quatrain consisting of two heroic couplets written in an elevated style; the rhyme scheme is abab
  • elizabethan sonnet a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
  • shakespearean sonnet a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
  • english sonnet a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
  • spenserian sonnet a sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab bcbd cdcd ee
  • clerihew a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person
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