What Is a Cinquains Poem?

Cinquain, a five-line stanza. The American poet Adelaide Crapsey (1878–1914), applied the term in particular to a five-line verse

line verse
A line is a unit of language into which a poem or play is divided. ... The process of arranging words using lines and line breaks is known as lineation, and is one of poetry's defining features. A distinct numbered group of lines in verse is normally called a stanza. A title, in some poems, is considered a line.
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form of specific metre that she developed.

What is a cinquain poem example?

American Cinquain Example: Snow by Adelaide Crapsey

Because Adelaide Crapsey created the cinquain as a poetic form, the best example of a cinquain is a poem that she wrote titled "Snow." The snow!"

Does a cinquain poem have to rhyme?

The Rules of a Cinquain

Cinquains are five lines long. They have 2 syllables in the first line, 4 in the second, 6 in the third, 8 in the fourth line, and just 2 in the last line. Cinquains do not need to rhyme, but you can include rhymes if you want to.

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