Sonnets always have a rhyming couplet at the end of the poem. Other forms of poetry such as free verse or ballads are also likely to have rhyming couplets, but it's not definite.
A couplet uses end rhyme, which means the rhyme occurs at the end of the lines. In a couplet, two consecutive lines rhyme with each other.
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A Shakespearean sonnet has three quatrains (four-line stanzas) followed by a rhyming couplet (two-line stanza) at the end. This structure is also known as the English sonnet.
A rhyming couplet, or two-line stanza, is used at the end of a Shakespearean sonnet. A rhyming sestet, or six-line stanza, ends a Petrarchan sonnet.
All of Shakespeare's sonnets end with a couplet. He divided the fourteen lines into three groups of four, with two at the end, in which he could sum up his point.
A rhyming couplet is any pair of lines that end with rhyming words. An example would be:When help is what you're trying to getHead on down to the internet!Iambic pentameter is a bit trickier. A line of iambic has 10 syllables, with the first syllable unstressed, the next stressed, then it alternates between unstressed and stressed for the rest of the line. Sonnets usually utilize iambic pentameter.But sometimes you must try to bediscreet.(Italics added to show stress)
Look at the end of an act. Shakespeare often ends acts with a rhyming couplet, like "The play's the thing/ wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."
The most common sonnet forms are the Petrarchan (or Italian) sonnet and the Shakespearean (or English) sonnet. The Petrarchan sonnet consists of an octave followed by a sestet, while the Shakespearean sonnet is composed of three quatrains and a final rhymed couplet.