a cinquain is a poem of five lines with syllable count of 2/4/6/8/2. Traditionally, in the style of the form's 19th Century creator, Adelaide Crapsey, the poem takes a downward turn in either the fourth or fifth line. Also, traditionally, the title is considered a significant sixth line.
A Pyrrhic Victory is a victory won at too great a cost, named after Pyrrhus of Epirus, who defeated the Romans at Asculum in 279 BC but sustained unacceptably heavy losses in doing so.

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