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Two lines, one rhyme, and the satisfying click of a thought snapping shut.
means A pair of consecutive rhyming lines, usually the same length, that work as a single poetic unit.
from From French couplet, a diminutive of couple — literally a little pair, borrowed into English poetry in the 1500s.
Shakespeare's exitHis sonnets end on a punchy closing couplet.
Heroic flavorIambic pentameter couplets are called heroic couplets.
Pope's playgroundAlexander Pope weaponized them for razor-sharp satire.