A couplet is a unit of poetry containing two lines of verse that form a singular thought or idea. Couplets can be rhymed or un-rhymed. Couplets can also be rendered in various metrical schemes or free verse, but must form a single idea or statement within those two existing lines. The name is taken from the Italian sonetto, which means “a little sound or song.”
Couplet also is a pair of successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre. A couplet may be formal (closed) or run-on (open). In a formal (closed) couplet, each of the two lines is end-stopped, implying that there is a grammatical pause at the end of a line of verse.
The rhyme scheme in any poem is denoted by letters of the alphabet. Lines that end with a rhyme are labeled with the same letter. In an ABAB rhyme scheme, the first and third line end with rhyming words (A) and the second and fourth lines end with different rhyming words (B).
A sonnet is a poem of 14 lines that reflects upon a single issue or idea. It usually takes a turn, called a “volta,” about 8 lines in, and then resolves the issue by the end. Typically it is written in iambic pentameter (a 10-syllable pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables). Each line of verse is made up of five two-syllable iambs for a total of ten syllable.
An iamb is unit of rhythm consisting of one unstressed syllable followed bu one stressed syllable: ("ba-BUM"). Example: "finesse" or "the dog". Similar to "agudas" words in Spanish. Put five of those iambs in a single line (because "penta" means five) and voila!
ba-BUM ba-BUM ba-BUM ba-BUM ba-BUM
It's kinda like a heartbeat. Example:
my CAT is EAting CAsserROL and CAKE
This is the natural rhythm of English speak. It is naturally suited to the English language. (This shit is blowing my mind). Meter is all about sound, not spelling.
Shakespeare's most poetic lines don't just talk about matters of the heart. They follow its rhythm.
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