couplet
/ˈkʌplɪt
/noun
A pair of successive lines of verse, typically rhyming and of the same length.The source texts are then reformed into single aphoristic lines, couplets, quatrains, and whole poems....
- It was translated into English iambic pentameter with rhymed couplets.
- His four-line verses or quatrains, each of two rhymed couplets, were written in groups of 100, known as Centuries.
Origin
Late 16th century: from French, diminutive of couple, from Old French cople (see couple).