1) Any stanza of five lines 2) Five-line stanza 3) French word used in English
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1) Pentad
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Cinquain n 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. ==American cinquain== The modern form, known as American Cinquain inspired by Japanese haiku and tanka, akin in spirit to that of the Imagists. In ...
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a verse form of five lines with lines of 2, 4, 6, 8, and 2 syllables.
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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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A five-line stanza with varied meter and rhyme scheme, possibly of medieval origin but definitely in
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A verse form of five lines with lines of 2, 4, 6, 8, and 2 syllables.
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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:Â 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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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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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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a group of five. · · a short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines containing, respectively, two, four, six, eight, and two syllables. · any stanza of five lines.
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