【Poem Reading Tuesday】What Is Couplet Poem？並學一下英文詩術語
A couplet is a pair of lines that rhyme. Usually both lines have the same meter. A couplet expresses a complete thought and can be funny or serious. Some poems are made from several couplets put together.
The couplet form suits a love poem, of course, because the pairing of the two rhymes, so close to each other on successive lines, mirrors the coupling of the two lovers.
Here’s an example of a short couplet：
April showers Bring May flowers
Here is an example of a couplet poem：
BTW， Let us learn some terms of poetry（Fig 1）：
Fig 1:
Questions：How many verses does the following poem have？How many stanzas does the poem have：（感謝 最西邊的島上 提供）
The birds are singing
The daisies are blooming
The sun is getting up
On this early morning
The dew is rolling
The branches are dancing
I whispered to them
Hello my happy garden
