| lit. |
Pairs of lines that rhyme, for instance aabbcc. Examples of rhyming couplets can be found throughout Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, for instance in The Merchant’s Tale.
Were it for hoolynesse or for dotage
Hadde this knyght to been a wedded man
That day and nyght he dooth al that he kanrhythm -> The varying speed, movement, intensity, loudness, pitch, and expressiveness of speech, especially in poetry. |
