Couplet

In poetry, a couplet (/ˈkʌplət/ CUP-lət) or distich (/ˈdɪstɪk/ DISS-tick) is a pair of successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre.

Here is a Pope parody of the predictable rhymes of his era: Regular rhyme was not originally a feature of English poetry: Old English verse came in metrically paired units somewhat analogous to couplets, but constructed according to alliterative verse principles.

Similarly, Shakespearean sonnets often employ rhyming couplets at the end to emphasize the theme.

[6] Though poets still sometimes write in couplets, the form fell somewhat from favour in English in the twentieth century; contemporary poets writing in English sometimes prefer unrhymed couplets, distinguished by layout rather than by matching sounds.

[7] Couplets called duilian may be seen on doorways in Chinese communities worldwide.

For example, the CCTV New Year's Gala usually promotes couplets reflecting current political themes in mainland China.

Tamil literature contains some of the notable examples of ancient couplet poetry.

[8] One of the most notable examples of Tamil couplet poetry is the ancient Tamil moral text of the Tirukkural, which contains a total of 1330 couplets written in the kural venpa metre from which the title of the work was derived centuries later.

[10] Kabir (also known as Kabirdas) is thought to be one of the greatest composers of Hindustani couplets.