| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| A pair of lines of verse that rhyme. Some poems, such as “The Night Before Christmas,” are written entirely in couplets: | 1 |
| `Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house | | Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; | | The stockings were hung by the chimney with care | | In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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