couplet

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A centuries-old Persian couplet often repeated in Indian-administered Kashmir translates to: "If there is a paradise on earth, it is here, it is here, it is here."

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

But I think that couplet is really powerful and it did what we wanted it to do.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2024

But “Lip Service” by Costello and the Attractions has the all-time classic couplet: “When did you become so choosy? Don’t act like you’re above me, just look at your shoes.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2023

The ending, like a perfect rhyming couplet, is both unexpected and inevitable: It is, of course, the chosen card.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2023

So goes a famous Pashtun tapa, a couplet my grandmother taught me.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai