Shakespeare's Sonnets What is a couplet The Sonnet Asked by shemeka j #303365 on 3/5/2013 3:03 PM Last updated by judy t #197809 on 3/5/2013 3:05 PM
In a sonnet, a couplet is the last two lines that rhyme. In Shakespeare, these two lines give some kind of summary of the poem or some comment on the main ideas of the sonnet itself.