Speech-language pathologists work with the communication-impaired to restore and augment their abilities. Practicing in the field requires a graduate degree and specialized training, but many bachelor's degrees -- including one in education -- can serve as a starting point.
couplet - a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed. line of poetry, line of verse - a single line of words in a poem. closed couplet - a rhymed couplet that forms a complete syntactic unit. heroic couplet - a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter and written in an elevated style. stanza - a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem.
The word couplet comes from the French word meaning two pieces of iron riveted or hinged together.. The term couplet was first used to describe successive lines of verse in Sir P. Sidney's Arcadia in 1590: In singing some short coplets, whereto the one halfe beginning, the other halfe should answere.. While couplets traditionally rhyme, not all do.