Introduction to Couplets

¹       Do I love to rhyme?
        I do it all the time!

       Do you want to try?
       I promise you won't cry!

²     Do you see two sets of rhymes above? Two lines of poetry that rhyme have a special name. They are called couplets [CUP-lets]. A couple is two people who are linked. A couplet is two lines of poetry that are linked.

³     Count the syllables in each line of a couplet. They are close in number. In the first couplet above, the first line has five syllables: Do¹ I² love³ to⁴ rhyme⁵? The second line has six syllables: I¹ do² it³ all⁴ the⁵ time⁶. Some couplets may have the same number of syllables in each line. You need to keep the number of syllables as close as possible.

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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 2 to 3
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	1.8

	challenging words:		couplet, poetry, lines, rhyme, time, possible, picked, different, clues, second, promise, same, people, finish, close, name
	content words:		Do1 I2

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