Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 9 AIL 0812 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Couplet
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The idea
A couplet is two consecutive rhyming lines, and the glossary gives it no headword despite defining the form that ends with one. In a Shakespearean sonnet the couplet delivers the verdict, and its rhyme makes it sound conclusive whether or not its argument is.
In practice
Two lines, and a verdict.
Where people slip
It sounds conclusive regardless.
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