slovo | definícia |
couplet (encz) | couplet,dvojverší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Couplet (gcide) | Couplet \Coup"let\ (-l?t), n. [F. couplet, dim. of couple. See
Couple, n. ]
Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of
verse that rhyme with each other.
[1913 Webster]
A sudden couplet rushes on your mind. --Crabbe.
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couplet (wn) | couplet
n 1: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair,
twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet,
distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad]
2: a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually
rhymed |
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closed couplet (encz) | closed couplet, n: |
couplet (encz) | couplet,dvojverší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
heroic couplet (encz) | heroic couplet, |
closed couplet (wn) | closed couplet
n 1: a rhymed couplet that forms a complete syntactic unit |
couplet (wn) | couplet
n 1: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair,
twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet,
distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad]
2: a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually
rhymed |
heroic couplet (wn) | heroic couplet
n 1: a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic
pentameter and written in an elevated style |
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