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closed couplet

 

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Noun closed couplet has 1 sense
  1. closed couplet - a rhymed couplet that forms a complete syntactic unit
    --1 is a kind of
    couplet

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Closed Couplet

Definition:

A closed couplet is a poetic form consisting of two rhyming lines that form a complete thought or idea. The lines are usually end-stopped, meaning that they are punctuated at the end of each line.

Examples:

1. "Hope is the thing with feathers,
That perches in the soul."
- Emily Dickinson

2. "Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold."
- Robert Frost

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