http://hull-awe.org.uk/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Couplet 2026-05-12T03:30:44Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.23.2 http://hull-awe.org.uk/index.php?title=Couplet&diff=62354&oldid=prev 2015-06-23T08:59:16Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 08:59, 23 June 2015</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In describing verse and [[verse form]]s, a '''couplet''' is the name given to any two lines thought of as a pair. Couplets may be paired by rhyme <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(</del>the [[rhyme scheme]] is the simplest there is, being '''a a'''. When such lines are [[iambic]] [[pentameter]]s, the pair is known as a '''heroic couplet'''. This was perhaps the favourite form of verse in the [[Augustan]] phase of English verse, which predominated between about 1690 and 1780.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In describing verse and [[verse form]]s, a '''couplet''' is the name given to any two lines thought of as a pair. Couplets may be paired by rhyme<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">: </ins>the [[rhyme scheme]] is the simplest there is, being '''a a'''. When such lines are [[iambic]] [[pentameter]]s, the pair is known as a '''heroic couplet'''. This was perhaps the favourite form of verse in the [[Augustan]] phase of English verse, which predominated between about 1690 and 1780.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[category:English Literature]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[category:English Literature]]</div></td></tr> </table>

DavidWalker http://hull-awe.org.uk/index.php?title=Couplet&diff=14768&oldid=prev 2008-09-22T00:24:08Z

<p>New page: In describing verse and <a href="/index.php/Verse_form" title="Verse form">verse forms</a>, a &#039;&#039;&#039;couplet&#039;&#039;&#039; is the name given to any two lines thought of as a pair. Couplets may be paired by rhyme (the <a href="/index.php/Rhyme_scheme" title="Rhyme scheme">rhyme scheme</a> is the simplest ther...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>In describing verse and [[verse form]]s, a '''couplet''' is the name given to any two lines thought of as a pair. Couplets may be paired by rhyme (the [[rhyme scheme]] is the simplest there is, being '''a a'''. When such lines are [[iambic]] [[pentameter]]s, the pair is known as a '''heroic couplet'''. This was perhaps the favourite form of verse in the [[Augustan]] phase of English verse, which predominated between about 1690 and 1780.<br /> <br /> [[category:English Literature]]<br /> [[category:verse forms]]<br /> [[category:prosody]]<br /> [[category:verse forms grouped by number of lines]]</div>

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