Look up: cinquain

1. Cinquain
   A five line poem, invented by Adelaide Crapsey, and based on Japanese forms such as haiku and tanka. The cinquain has a total of twenty-two syllables arranged in lines as follows:  2, 4, 6, 8 and 2 e.g.
   Moon Shadows
   Still as
   On windless nights
   The moon-cast shadows are,
   So still will be my heart when I
   Am dead.
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2. Cinquain
   a poem with a standard syllable pattern, like a haiku, invented by Adelaide Crapsey, an American poet. Five lines and a total of 22 syllables in the sequence: 2, 4, 6, 8, 2.
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3. cinquain
   a five-line stanza. The American poet Adelaide Crapsey (1878–1914), applied the term in particular to a five-line verse form of specific metre that ... [1 related articles]
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4. cinquain
   a verse form of five lines with lines of 2, 4, 6, 8, and 2 syllables.
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5. cinquain
   20th-century verse form consisting of 22 syllables arranged in five lines in the sequence 2, 4, 6, 8, 2 (the accent scheme being 1, 2, 3, 4, 1). Inspired by the Japanese tanka, the cinquain was invented by the US poet Adelaide Crapsey (1878–1914), whose works, both in form and intention, anticipated Imagism
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6. Cinquain
   `Cinquain` () is a class of poetic forms that employ a 5-line pattern. Earlier used to describe any five-line form, it now refers to one of several forms that are defined by specific rules and guidelines.--> Crapsey cinquain: American poet pages=263-289 --> --> inspired by Japanese haiku and page=61...
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