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• Structure of a Couplet



                 • Two lines




                 • Often (but not always) rhyme




                                                                                             d
                                                                                         e
                                                                                                )
                                                                                                    o

                                                                                       s
                                                                             (

                                                                               c
                                                                                   o
                                                                                  l
                                                                                                       r
                                                                                                                           f
                                                                                                                       o


                                                                                                                              a

                                                                                                           p

                                                                                                              a
                                                                                                                    t
                                                                                                                 r
                                     e
                                  b
                                          i


                      C
                 • Can be independent (closed) or part of a
                             n
                          a
                                           n
                                                                   e
                                                                d
                                                                          t
                                                                      n
                                                            n
                                               d
                                                  e
                                                         e
                                                     p
                 •
                      larger poem (open)
                 • Closed Couplet: Makes sense on its own
                      Open Couplet: Needs surrounding lines
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