Couplet

Defenition: A Couplet is a verse that consists of two lines that come in sucession, may or may not ryhme, or have the same length, and or topic.

Example:

In the night does the snow fall,

the stars shining for one and all.

Significance: A couplet can be used in poetry to express an idea in two lines and which are usually in relation to one another. Not all poems contain couplets that rhyme, but many often do. A couplet's ryhmes come so quickly that a reader can spot them easily.