[An Ode to the Rhyming Couplet]
You reveal your love through rhyming utterance;
Breath, that expresses both harmony and difference.
The subtle gradation of word sounds together
Clang resolutely, or are light as a feather.
Cyrano employs you in French most verbose
That he modulates too through the use of his nose.
Some say his poetry is all compensation,
While others argue it’s the natural extension.
Somehow someone august, yet vulgar and brash
Is transformed by you to the soul of panache.
Which only goes to show his ultimate reward,
The truth that the pen is mightier than the sword.
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