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Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Shakespeare:couplet

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This is a small section of a much larger article on Shakespeare and the Globe Theater that discusses the use of couplets in poetry. Some different types of couplets are discussed (formal or closed, run-on or enjambment, alexandrine, heroic), and a couple of examples are given as well.

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heroic couplet, poetry terms, poetry unit, rhyming lines, writing couplets, alexandrine couplet, couplet, encyclopedia britannica, closed couplet, enjambment couplet, formal couplet, run-on couplet
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