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Couplet

Couplet Meaning & Definition
Couplet Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Couplet?

[n] a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed
[n] two items of the same kind

Synonyms | Synonyms for Couplet: brace | couple | distich | doubleton | duad | duet | duo | dyad | pair | span | twain | twosome | yoke

Related Terms | Find terms related to Couplet: antistrophe | book | both | brace | burden | canto | chorus | couple | distich | double harness | doublet | duad | duet | duo | dyad | envoi | epode | heptastich | hexastich | line | match | mates | measure | monostich | octastich | octave | octet | ottava rima | pair | pentastich | quatrain | refrain | rhyme royal | septet | sestet | set of two | sextet | span | Spenserian stanza | stanza | stave | strain | strophe | syllable | team | tercet | terza rima | tetrastich | the two | triplet | tristich | twain | two | twosome | verse | yoke

See Also | 2 | closed couplet | deuce | heroic couplet | II | line of poetry | line of verse | stanza | two

Couplet In Webster's Dictionary

\Coup"let\ (-l?t), n. [F. couplet, dim. of couple. See {Couple}, n. ] Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other. A sudden couplet rushes on your mind. --Crabbe.

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