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A couplet is a pair of lines of verse. Some cultures have decorative traditions associated with them.

Couplets in Western poetry

Traditionally, Western couplets are dumb rhyme, although not all couplets rhyme (a poem may use white space to mark out couplets as well). Couplets with a meter of iambic pentameter are called heroic couplets. The Poetic epigram is also in the couplet form. Couplets can also play a role in more complex rhyme schemes. For example, Shakespearean sonnets end with a couplet.

Rhyming couplets are one of the simplest rhyme schemes in poetry. Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales are written in rhyming couplets. John Dryden and Alexander Pope were both well known for their writing in heroic couplets in the 18th century.

Because the rhyme comes so quickly in rhyming couplets, it tends to call attention to itself. Good rhyming couplets tend to "snap" as both the rhyme and the idea come to a quick close in two lines. Here are some examples of rhyming couplets where the sense as well as the sound "rhymes":

: True wit is nature to advantage dressed,

: What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.

: -- Alexander Pope

: Whether or not we find what we are seeking

: is idle, biologically speaking.

: -- Edna St. Vincent Millay (at the end of a sonnet)

On the other hand, because rhyming couplets have such a predictable rhyme scheme, they can feel artificial and plodding. Here is a Pope parody of the predictable rhymes of his era:

: Where-e'er you find "the cooling western breeze,"

: In the next line, it "whispers through the trees;"

: If crystal streams "with pleasing murmurs creep,"

: The reader's threatened (not in vain) with "sleep."

Couplets in Chinese culture

Eight is considered a lucky number in Chinese tradition, so Chinese couplets usually consists of two lines of four characters each, often written from top to bottom to add formality.

Couplets may be seen on doorposts in Chinese communities worldwide. They are usually placed there as part of the Chinese New Year festival, often on the first morning of the New Year. The couplets are usually purchased at a market a few days before and glued to the doorframes. Many of them have been used for generations and contain traditional hopes for prosperity. Others reflect more recent concerns. For example, the CCTV New Year Gala usually promotes couplets reflecting current political themes in mainland China.

Couplets in South Asian poetry

Rhyming couplets are also used in other poetic traditions, including non-Western ones. Kurals, which form a subclass of the Venpa class of Tamil poetry, are couplets. Tirukkural is a popular book written in Kural Venpa form.

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Meter (British English spelling: metre) describes the linguistic sound patterns of a verse.
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Western world, the West or the Occident (Latin occidens -sunset, -west, as distinct from the Orient) ^[1] can have multiple meanings dependent on its context (e.g., the time period, or the social situation).
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Iambic pentameter is a type of meter that is used in poetry and drama. It describes a particular rhythm that the words establish in each line. That rhythm is measured in small groups of syllables; these small groups of syllables are called 'feet'.
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An epigram is a short poem with a clever twist at the end or a concise and witty statement. They are among the best examples of the power of poetry to compress insight and wit.
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sonnet" derives from the Provençal word "sonet" and the Italian word "sonetto," both meaning "little song." By the thirteenth century, it had come to signify a poem of fourteen lines that follows a strict rhyme scheme and logical structure.
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The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse). The tales, some of which are originals and others not, are contained inside a frame tale and told by a collection of pilgrims on a
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John Dryden

Born: 19 August 1631
Aldwincle, Northamptonshire, England
Died: 12 May 1700
England
Occupation: poet, literary critic and Playwright

John Dryden (August 19 [O.S. August 9] 1631 – May 12 [O.S.
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Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope (c.1727), an English poet best known for his Essay on Criticism, Rape of the Lock and The Dunciad
Born: May 21 1688
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The Kural is one of the most important forms of classical Tamil poetry. It is a very short poetic form, exactly in 2 lines, the first line consisting of 4 words and the second line consisting of 3. It should also conform to the grammar for Venpa.
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Venpa ( in Tamil) is a form of classical Tamil poetry. Classical Tamil poetry has been classified based upon the rules of metric prosody. Such rules form a context-free grammar. Every Venpa consists of between two to twelve lines.
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Thirukkural (Tamil: திருக்குறள் also known as the Kural) is a compilation of Kurals (1330 rhyming Tamil couplets) or aphorisms ^[1] celebrated by Tamils (Hindus, Jains, and others alike).
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