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I Am Malala
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- Rather I receive your bullet-riddled body with honor
Than news of your cowardice on the battlefield
Traditional Pashto couplet†p. 11.9couplet = two successive lines of poetry; usually rhymed - None of the older women had any education, but they all told stories and recited what we call tapa, Pashto couplets.
p. 65.6 *couplets = successive pairs of lines of poetry; usually rhymed
- It was mentioned as the most inspiring in the closing speech, and some in the audience asked him to repeat whole stanzas and couplets, exclaiming "Wah wah" when a particular line pleased them, which is a bit like "Bravo."
p. 85.3couplets = successive pairs of lines of verse
Definitions:
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(1)
(couplet) poetry: two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)