The 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. I would rather reserve the name Cinquain for the unrhymed verse (2-4-6-8-2 with a substantive title) that Adelaide Crapsey created in 1915.

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