Most five line cinquains follow the syllable pattern of 2/4/6/8/2, but among the 28 extant cinquains of Adelaide Crapsey, the 19th Century originator of the form, there are several that deviate slightly from that pattern, most often following the modified pattern of 2/4/6/7/3. This poem follows that pattern.

methink is an archaic word that means - it seems to me.
I have chosen to use it here for two reasons: first, the internal rhyme with things, and second, the lighthearted feel it adds to a whimsical poem.

In researching whale songs, I found that while scientists have studied the reasons for their occurrence, nobody has a definitive answer. Speculations range from mating ritual to navigation device to a kind of sonar to find other whales. Some even wonder if it is a purely aesthetic song.

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