Lines of verse having two measures
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DIMETERSLines of verse having two measures.
dimeterverse or line of two measures or feet, as He is gone on the mountain,/He is lost to the forest
distichunit of two lines of verse, usually a self-contained statement; couplet
coupletsTwo lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit
limerickA humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba, popularized by Edward Lear
limericksA humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba, popularized by Edward Lear
stichomythiaDialogue in which two characters speak alternate lines of verse, used as a stylistic device in ancient Greek drama
clerihewsA short comic or nonsensical verse, typically in two rhyming couplets with lines of unequal length and referring to a famous person
clerihewlight verse form, usually consisting of two couplets, with lines of uneven length and irregular meter, the first line usually containing the name of a well-known person
rondelfixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 14 lines in three stanzas in which the first two lines of the first stanza are repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas
rondelsfixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 14 lines in three stanzas in which the first two lines of the first stanza are repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas
rondeaua fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 13 lines in three stanzas with the opening words of the first line of the first stanza used as an independent refrain after the second and third stanzas
rondeauxa fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 13 lines in three stanzas with the opening words of the first line of the first stanza used as an independent refrain after the second and third stanzas