couplets
- plural of couplet.
Example Sentences
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The series’ musical landscape also includes a myriad of folk songs, such as the drunken tavern tune “Alice With Three Fingers” and the childish rhyming couplets of “The Hammer and the Anvil.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026
She planned to hang traditional Chinese couplets -- usually on auspicious red paper -- before sharing a family meal.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
Both books tell a tale about an adventure in a woodland full of animals, with the story told in rhyming couplets.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
He is the author of three collections of lyric poems and two book-length narrative poems in heroic couplets that nearly defy summary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
I hated the very idea of the eighteenth century, with all those smug men writing tight little couplets and being so dead keen on reason.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
