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cou⋅plet

  [kuhp-lit]
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–noun
1. a pair of successive lines of verse, esp. a pair that rhyme and are of the same length.
2. a pair; couple.
3. Music. any of the contrasting sections of a rondo occurring between statements of the refrain.
Origin:
1570–80; < MF; see couple, -et
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cou·plet   (kŭp'lĭt)   
n.  
  1. A unit of verse consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming and having the same meter and often forming a complete thought or syntactic unit.
  2. Two similar things; a pair.

[French, from Old French, diminutive of couple, couple; see couple.]
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Couplet

Coup"let\ (-l?t), n. [F. couplet, dim. of couple. See Couple, n. ] Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.

A sudden couplet rushes on your mind. --Crabbe.
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Language Translation for : couplet
Spanish: pareado,
German: das Reimpaar,
Japanese: 二行連句
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couplet

A pair of lines of verse that rhyme. Some poems, such as “The Night Before Christmas,” are written entirely in couplets:

`Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.
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