- poetry, a
couplet (/ˈkʌplət/ CUP-lət) or
distich (/ˈdɪstɪk/ DISS-tick) is a pair of
successive lines that
rhyme and have the same metre. A
couplet may be...
- A
heroic couplet is a
traditional form for
English poetry,
commonly used in epic and
narrative poetry, and
consisting of a
rhyming pair of
lines in iambic...
- Look up
couplet,
couplets, or
distich in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
couplet is a pair of
lines in verse.
Couplet may also
refer to:
Couplets (cabaret)...
- The
elegiac couplet or
elegaic distich is a
poetic form used by Gr****
lyric poets for a
variety of
themes usually of
smaller scale than the epic. Roman...
- In poetics,
closed couplets are two line
units of
verse that do not
extend their sense beyond the line's end. Furthermore, the
lines are
usually rhymed...
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hanging scrolls in an interior.
Although often called Chinese couplet or
antithetical couplet, they can
better be
described as a
written form of counterpoint...
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Couplets (German:
Couplets, Polish: kuplety, Spanish: cuplés) were
wittily ambiguous, political, or
satirical songs in a
number of
European countries,...
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Philippe Couplet, SJ (1623–1693),
known in
China as Bai Yingli, was a
Flemish Jesuit missionary to the Qing Empire. He
worked with his
fellow missionaries...
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flaming light.
Since then,
before every New Year,
people paste red
couplets in and
outside their house, and let off
firecrackers and fireworks, in...
- (e)=optional mute e
classical alexandrines are
always rhymed,
often in
couplets alternating masculine rhymes and
feminine rhymes,
though other configurations...
