ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A couplet is a pair of consecutive lines of poetry that create a complete thought or idea. The lines often have a similar syllabic patterns, called a meter . While most couplets rhyme, not all do. A couplet can live within a bigger poem or be a poem all its own.

Detailed explanation-2: -A couplet contains two lines of verse that usually rhyme, though this isn’t required. The lines can be any length and use any rhythm. Sometimes the two lines are the same length, and sometimes one is longer than the other. Couplets are often used to end a stanza, but they can also constitute the whole poem.

Detailed explanation-3: -A pair of successive rhyming lines, usually of the same length. A couplet is “closed” when the lines form a bounded grammatical unit like a sentence (see Dorothy Parker’s “Interview”: “The ladies men admire, I’ve heard, /Would shudder at a wicked word.”).

Detailed explanation-4: -A rhyming couplet is one of the simplest examples of poetic form: a pair of lines with end rhymes. Rhyming couplets can be found everywhere from the lyrical English poetry of Shakespeare to simple schoolyard nursery rhymes. A heroic couplet is a form of the couplet often found within epic or narrative poetry.

Detailed explanation-5: -A couplet usually consists of two successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre. A couplet may be formal (closed) or run-on (open).