With 154 sonnets under his belt, Shakespeare was well-versed in how to write the last two lines of each poem which is, in fact, a couplet. A couplet is simply two lines of a poem in which the ending words rhyme.
Therefore, a couplet poem is an entire poem where the last two words in each two-lined stanza rhyme. This poetic form can be as simple as two lines or a series of couplets. Regardless, there's always an even number of lines all about the same subject or topic. Couplets are often humorous, and are generally light.
My parents visited me in Chicago this weekend, so I was originally going to write about them, but in light of the form of poetry chosen for this week, I thought it'd be more fun to write a poem about an embarassing moment of mine that seemed to be the end of the world at the time, but now is just a funny story from high school.
Organisming
Don't be nervous; it's going to be fine.
Take a deep breath and your speech line by line.
Geez there's a lot of people out there
And all of them giving me the stare.
First part done with no prob
Even in front of this mob.
High school students are quite unforgiving
Differences won't elect you queen or king.
I’m almost done and haven’t faltered
Maybe they won’t think I’m such a nerd.
Whew! I know the ending is near
One more line and I’m in the clear.
“That’s how you get an orgasm” I hear myself say.
For Dolly the cloned sheep is what I was to portray.
‘Organism’ is what was meant to come out.
This is gonna be bad—without a doubt.
A second of dead silence turns into a huge roar
Of laughter, making me want to crawl into the floor.
Face burning, I head toward my seat with a frown.
There’s no way I’m ever gonna live this one down.
I feel like such a fool.
High school can be so cruel.
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