English Literature GCSE
Couplet
What Couplet means in English Literature GCSE, as defined for Eduqas, OCR.
Definitions of Couplet
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A pair of successive lines of verse, which usually rhyme and are of the same length. In 'The Manhunt', Armitage uses unrhymed couplets to create a sense of fragmentation.
A pair of successive lines of meter in poetry.
Topics that use Couplet
- The Manhunt (Eduqas GCSE)
- The Manhunt (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Metaphor
- Oxymoron
- Enjambment
- Free Verse
- Half-rhyme
- Subversion
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