couplet

noun

cou·plet ˈkə-plət

: two successive lines of verse forming a unit marked usually by rhythmic correspondence, rhyme, or the inclusion of a self-contained utterance : distich

She ended her poem with a rhyming couplet.

: couple

Examples of couplet in a Sentence

a poem made up of six couplets a couplet of statues flank the entrance to the church

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In the final verse, the rapper drops a caustic couplet taking aim at Israel’s nearly year-long war in Gaza sparked by the Oct. 7 raid by Hamas militants on Israel that resulted in the killing of more than 1,200 and the kidnapping of more than 250 men, women and children. —

Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2024 Yet, Em has been privy to the whispers, even responding to them on occasion, particularly in the form of a couplet. —

Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 13 July 2024 The couplet that starts the forty-ninth poem, quoted above, roots the reader nicely in sight and sound and therefore place. —

Wyatt Mason, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024 In this poem, the couplets are reversed for no reason. —

Wyatt Mason, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for couplet