square couplet
poetry
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A "square couplet" is a stanza of eight lines, with each line containing eight syllables. A couplet, in general, is a pair of rhyming lines of verse that are grammatically and thematically complete. Couplets can be formal (end-stopped) or run-on (enjambed). They are often used as units within longer poems or as standalone pieces for concise statements. The heroic couplet, a prominent form in English poetry, consists of two rhyming lines of iambic pentameter.12
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