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
Whether we are talking about 24 hours or a millennium, it is as chilling a rhymed couplet of stated political intent as one could envision.
From Salon • Jul. 30, 2024
“My heart stopped beating long ago / It pours out like a river,” one couplet goes.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2024
“And perhaps the sun blows kisses to the moon as it departs/they work two separate shifts with one beating heart” is a representative couplet from Hal’s verse.
From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2022
“Iambic pentameter, and a rhyming couplet, too,” she said, pleased with her effort.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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