2 Lines Poetry in Urdu - Two lines Poetry and Shayari (page 279)

The Couplet Poetry is a structural form of poetry which consists of two successive lines with the same rhythm and same feet length. Couplet is a French word and it means "two pieces of iron riveted or hinged together”. There are two types of Couplet forms in the Poetry regarded as:

• Formal
• Run-on

Formal Couplet is also known as Closed Couplet. The Two lines in the Formal couplet is end-stopped. It means that a grammatical pause exists at the end of the line in a verse. Whereas, the run-on Couplet is also called Open Couplets. In a Run-on Couplet, the meaning of the first line is continued by the second line. Though, the poets have used rhythmic words in the traditional couplets, but sometimes words do not rhyme in a Couplet. In such poems, the Poets used white space to highlight the non- rhyming couplets. Moreover, many poems use couplet forms in their structure such as Heroic Couplets, Poetic epigram and Sonnets.

Couplets were used by many famous poets in their poems, such as Shakespeare and Geoffrey Chaucer. However, Sir P. Sidney was the first used them in 1590 in his verse of Arcadia. Usually, a couplet consist of two lines in the form of 2 lines Poetry, however, it can be used in four line poetry too. Basically, the purpose of using a couplet in poetry, is to make it interesting and understandable, otherwise, poetry will be dull and rough.

The Two lines Poetry is famous in Sub-Continent (India and Pakistan). The two countries shared same cultures and social forms. However after Partition, the two nations, who were once one, turned in to life time rivalries. In Pakistan, Urdu became the national language, whereas in India, Hindi was announced to be the official language.

You can read 2 Lines Hindi Poetry as well as 2 Line Poetry Urdu here on this page. Many Poets have used two lines poetry form in their poetry books. However, 2 Line poetry Wasi Shah, and 2 Lines Poetry Ahmed Fraz is very popular among the readers. The 2 lines poetry have various types varying on the deep emotions hidden in the poetry. 2 Lines Sad poetry is used to express the sad emotions of the poet about love, life and society. Whereas, the 2 lines romantic poetry focuses on the deep feelings of love by the poet.

Now a days, boys and girl love to share the WhatsApp 2 line poetry. They share it with their friends and lover to secretly express their deep feelings, what they can’t say in front of every one. Similarly, 2 lines Love poetry depicts the ups and downs in the love life of a Poet. Either, you find the love of your life, or you get your heart broke. As well as, 2 lines SMS poetry is also famous among the youngsters, in which they send love poetry in SMS on their cell phones.