Couplet
The following poem uses rhyming couplets throughout the entire poem.
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The ladies men admire, I’ve heard,
Would shudder at a wicked word.
Their candle gives a single light;
They’d rather stay at home at night.
They do not keep awake till three,
Nor read erotic poetry.
They never sanction the impure,
Nor recognize an overture.
They shrink from powders and from paints ...
So far, I’ve had no complaints.
Definition
Definition
Two consecutive lines of rhyming poetry.
Examples of Couplets in Poetry
Examples of Couplets in Poetry
True wit is nature to advantage dress'd;
What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd.
— Alexander Pope
Whether or not we find what we are seeking
is idle, biologically speaking
.— Edna St. Vincent Millay