elegiac couplet
noun/ˌelɪˌdʒaɪək ˈkʌplət/
/ˌelɪˌdʒaɪək ˈkʌplət/
(specialist)- a pair of lines, one with six strong or long syllables and one with five, found especially in Latin and Greek poetryTopics Literature and writingc2
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