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		Definition of elegiac couplet in English: elegiac coupletnoun A pair of lines consisting of a dactylic hexameter and a pentameter, especially in Greek and Latin verse.  Example sentencesExamples -  The Latin elegiac couplet is the meter of Latin love elegy, but it is also used in many other types of poetry.
 -  The elegiac couplet, used in poems 65-116, is Catullus most frequently employed meter.
 
    Definition of elegiac couplet in US English: elegiac coupletnounˈˌɛləˈˌdʒaɪək A pair of lines consisting of a dactylic hexameter and a pentameter, especially in Greek and Latin verse.  Example sentencesExamples -  The Latin elegiac couplet is the meter of Latin love elegy, but it is also used in many other types of poetry.
 -  The elegiac couplet, used in poems 65-116, is Catullus most frequently employed meter.
 
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