LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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two successive lines
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first four lines of a poem
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two successive rhyming lines
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two lines without rhymes
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Detailed explanation-1: -A couplet is a pair of successive lines of metre in poetry. 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).
Detailed explanation-2: -A pair of successive rhyming lines, usually of the same length.
Detailed explanation-3: -couplet, a pair of end-rhymed lines of verse that are self-contained in grammatical structure and meaning. A couplet may be formal (or closed), in which case each of the two lines is end-stopped, or it may be run-on (or open), with the meaning of the first line continuing to the second (this is called enjambment).
Detailed explanation-4: -A rhyming couplet is a pair of successive lines that rhyme. It’s usually the last words at the end of each line that rhyme. They’re also typically the same length and have the same meter or rhythm. Rhyming couplets that don’t have the same meter are known as uneven couplets.