During the writing class, they had to read aloud a couplet they had written. From LearnThat.org.
The wasteful Burnside-Couch traffic "couplet" is having a "groundbreaking" tomorrow afternoon -- at least, the east side section of it. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Bog's Blog: August 2009 Archives] Reference
That first couplet is too perfect for explanation. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet Alfred Edward Housman « Unknowing] Reference
(The first couplet is by Roger Boyle, the Earl of Orrery, 1621-79, and the second by the ever-great Anonymous.). From Wordnik.com. [Author, author: Nick Laird] Reference
When she came to him, radiant, her hands full of the lilies, a couplet from a favourite poem darted into his head –. From Wordnik.com. [Kilmeny of the Orchard] Reference
Most poems are odes or odes-in-spirit that marvel at the qualities of a creature in couplet quatrains or another traditional form. From Wordnik.com. [2009 September 11 « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
A major function of the eastside couplet is to integrate traffic onto the Bridgehead site to give it greater exposure (Opus's idea). From Wordnik.com. [Breakthrough for Burnside Bridgehead (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference
There is only one exception (xix. 7), where the couplet is a triplet. From Wordnik.com. [Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People] Reference
For obvious reasons the couplet is the form most likely to take a hold on us. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 2] Reference
But a correct sonnet ought not to end with a couplet, that is two riming lines. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature for Boys and Girls] Reference
Will stop now as the third couplet is even worse, and wouldn’t wish to give offence. From Wordnik.com. [en français] Reference
A. 2.p. 242), we find that either line of the couplet is shortened by a foot; it is, therefore, majzú. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
In poetry the favorite form was a couplet, that is, two lines which rhymed and usually made complete sense. From Wordnik.com. [History of American Literature] Reference
We do sot know whether the couplet was a casual obiter dictum or formed part of a fuller historical statement. From Wordnik.com. [PROGRESS IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY] Reference
The poet dashes off a few lines on trowsers, finishing with the following couplet, which is not likely to encourage purchasers. From Wordnik.com. [The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2] Reference
When there are two verses the stanza is called a couplet; a three line stanza is called a tercet; a four line stanza, a quatrain. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
We had what we called a couplet on this. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 18, 2007] Reference
Of course there is the famous couplet which is said to have been the text of all his sermons. From Wordnik.com. [Mediaeval Socialism] Reference
'With love and gladness,' said the others; and the eldest recited the first couplet which is this. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
The couplet is a remarkable one. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery] Reference
A couplet which is taken, but the borrowings are woven into the context with some skill. From Wordnik.com. [The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature] Reference
"gone," does not rhyme with the final word of the next couplet which is the word, "said.". From Wordnik.com. [Jane Austen Today] Reference
Awn i'r morfa. which first couplet may be translated. From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
He could write that couplet that has been so often repeated. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
'He jests at scars,' &c.; the couplet, 'Sigh on my lip,' &c. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc.] Reference
War, and left his name to the sad commemorative couplet in which. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
That saved his Royal Majesty; changed to the more simple couplet —. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
And, as the old couplet tells, they say too that the spirit of Gower's. From Wordnik.com. [Legend Land, Vol. 1 Being a collection of some of the Old Tales told in those Western Parts of Britain served by The Great Western Railway.] Reference
The antics Palmer cut while delivering this couplet were truly amusing. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
I can imagine the youth reciting the couplet which sets out the position. From Wordnik.com. [Lloyd George The Man and His Story] Reference
So now, with terrible irrelevance, his mind caught at the simple couplet. From Wordnik.com. [An Old Meerschaum From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)] Reference
We hear him using a couplet in one song that eventually turns up in another. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Dylan's Latest: A Peek Behind The Curtain] Reference
Here is an old-fashioned couplet belonging probably to our northern borders. From Wordnik.com. [Moon Lore] Reference
And in the course of that little couplet, you have the modern dilemma, you know. From Wordnik.com. [Cee Lo's Viral Hit: Blunt and Sweet] Reference
Families would sing along with the credits and chant the classic Sanskrit couplet. From Wordnik.com. [Betwa Sharma: Batman Comics Writer Renovates India's Ancient Epic] Reference
At the end of every couplet they cry 'Jai Ganga' or 'Har Ganga,' invoking the Ganges. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
Plus, it's nice to hear the syllables of a couplet such as: I think I need a ginger ale. From Wordnik.com. [Katy Perry: A 'Teenage Dream,' An Artistic Musician] Reference
This story of the Pope's arbitrary conduct calls forth a very pithy couplet from Gunton. From Wordnik.com. [The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral] Reference
The two answering and blending into one, in the primitive days, made a rhymed couplet -- one. From Wordnik.com. [Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study] Reference
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