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elegiac couplet

noun
🔊/ˌelɪˌdʒaɪək ˈkʌplət/
🔊/ˌelɪˌdʒaɪək ˈkʌplət/
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  1. a pair of lines, one with six strong or long syllables and one with five, found especially in Latin and Greek poetryTopics Literature and writingc2