ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The fourth, and final part of the sonnet is two lines long and is called the couplet. The couplet is rhymed CC, meaning the last two lines rhyme with each other.

Detailed explanation-2: -A couplet is a pair of rhyming lines. A sonnet has one couplet at the end. For example, a Shakespearean sonnet follows the rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rhyming couplets are two lines written in iambic pentameter that end in the same sound, or a rhyme. They are often used to sum up the end of a character’s speech.

Detailed explanation-4: -The variation of the sonnet form that Shakespeare used-comprised of three quatrains and a concluding couplet, rhyming abab cdcd efef gg-is called the English or Shakespearean sonnet form, although others had used it before him.