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单词 closed couplet
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Definition of closed couplet in US English:

closed couplet

noun
  • A rhyming couplet with end-stopped lines that is logically or grammatically complete, as "Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, / Correct old Time, and regulate the Sun".

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The English ghazal is a poem consisting of unrhymed closed couplets written in any meter.
    • The Shakespearean Sonnet consists of 14-lines that are divided into three four-line sections (each called a quatrain), and a concluding section of just two lines: a rhyming or closed couplet.
    • Each of the first two couplets in the Dryden passage contains a complete unit of thought; such couplets are called closed couplets.
    • The tone ranges from the lyrical to the dissonant, the form from closed couplet to strong, clean free verse.
    • Three common types of couplets are: a closed couplet, an open couplet, and a heroic couplet.
    • The couplets here are mainly closed couplets, in that, for the most part, each couplet ends with a pause and is a unit of sense in itself.
 
 

Definition of closed couplet in US English:

closed couplet

noun
  • A rhyming couplet with end-stopped lines that is logically or grammatically complete, as "Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, / Correct old Time, and regulate the Sun".

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The tone ranges from the lyrical to the dissonant, the form from closed couplet to strong, clean free verse.
    • Three common types of couplets are: a closed couplet, an open couplet, and a heroic couplet.
    • The Shakespearean Sonnet consists of 14-lines that are divided into three four-line sections (each called a quatrain), and a concluding section of just two lines: a rhyming or closed couplet.
    • Each of the first two couplets in the Dryden passage contains a complete unit of thought; such couplets are called closed couplets.
    • The English ghazal is a poem consisting of unrhymed closed couplets written in any meter.
    • The couplets here are mainly closed couplets, in that, for the most part, each couplet ends with a pause and is a unit of sense in itself.
 
 
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