Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COUP'LET
COUP'LET, n. [cup'plet; Fr.]
- Two verses; a pair of rhymes.
- A division of a hymn or ode, in which an equal number or equal measure of verses is found in each part, called a strophe.
- A pair; as, a couplet of doves. [Not used.] – Shak.
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