Thursday, April 28, 2011

13. Couplet :]

Definition: Two lines in-a-row of poetry that rhyme.

Example:

"From the benches, black with people, there went up a muffled roar,
Like the beating of the storm waves on a stern and distant shore;"
...

Significance:
Couplets make a poem more humorous. Shakespeare uses couplets in his plays to give for a more serious purpose and to give closure to a speech.

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