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| − | 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 | + | 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. |
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In describing verse and verse forms, 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 pentameters, 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.
