English

Pronunciation
SAMPA|/sin.ken/
IPA|/sɪn.ken/

Noun
cinquain

1. A five line poetic form which consists of 2, 4, 6, 8 then 2 syllables.

#:Cinquain;
#:poetic form
#:which, disyllabically,
#:grows longer and longer and then
#:ends short.

1. OR A five line poetic form which consists of 1 noun, 2 adjectives, 3 actions, 4 feeling words, then 1 noun that is the same as top noun

See also
couplet
tercet
quatrain
sestet
septet
octave
Category:Prosody

• 2007-11-05 16:48 - 69.0.81.239 - /* Noun */ fixed typo

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