What is the effect of the couplets in "to my dear loving husband" and "to the king's most excellent majesty"?
they guide the poet in planning the poem.
they the poet create a simple rhyming pattern.
they the poet break the poem into simple parts.
they allow a poet to link lines of poetry together using sound.

The couplet is a pair of lines into a poem, placed one next to the other, they are usually of the same length and the two lines rhyme in the last sound, in the poems "To My Dear Loving Husband" and "To the King's Most Excellent Majesty" they allow a poet to link lines of poetry together using sound.

they allow a poet to link lines of poetry together using sound.

Explanation:

beowulf sets out on his journey for daneland. -- 1

hrothgar welcomes beowulf. -- 2

beowulf waits for grendel to attack heorot. -- 3

beowulf succeeds in defeating grendel by tearing off his arm. -- 4

beowulf fights with grendel’s mother. -- 5

beowulf sets out for his fight with the dragon. -- 6

beowulf sets out for his geatish homeland. -- 7

hygelac - beowulf's uncle, king of the geats, and husband of hygd. hygelac heartily welcomes beowulf back from denmark. hygd - hygelac's wife, the young, beautiful, and intelligent queen of the geats. hygd is contrasted with queen hope this