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couplet

[ kuhp-lit ]

noun

  1. a pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length.
  2. a pair; couple.
  3. Music. any of the contrasting sections of a rondo occurring between statements of the refrain.


couplet

/ ˈkʌplɪt /

noun

  1. two successive lines of verse, usually rhymed and of the same metre
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

couplet

  1. A pair of lines of verse that rhyme . Some poems, such as “ The Night Before Christmas ,” are written entirely in couplets:

    `Twas the night before Christmas , when all through the house

    Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;

    The stockings were hung by the chimney with care

    In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of couplet1

From Middle French, dating back to 1570–80; couple, -et
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Word History and Origins

Origin of couplet1

C16: from French, literally: a little pair; see couple
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Example Sentences

So fullness of that scene did have to be compressed down to that little couplet.

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There are, in fact, some rather disturbing rhymed couplets, if you will.

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“My heart stopped beating long ago / It pours out like a river,” one couplet goes.

The show’s straightforward plot trajectory is neatly summed up in a dismal couplet in the lament “Gethsemane,” in which Jesus finally resigns himself to his fate: “Then, I was inspired / Now I’m sad and tired.”

The song condemned war, greed and injustice with such couplets as “Nobody gives us rhyme or reason/Have one doubt, they call it treason.”

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