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Noun: couplet  kúp-lut
  1. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed
    "Shakespeare often ended his sonnets with a rhyming couplet"
     
  2. Two items of the same kind
    - couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, duo, duet, dyad, duad

Derived forms: couplets

Type of: 2, II, stanza, two

Encyclopedia: Couplet