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Cinquain is any five-line poem or stanza. However, in her attempts to adapt Japanese traditions to the English language, Adelaide Crapsey developed a specific pattern which carries her name. Usually unrhymed, the structure consists of two syllables, four syllables, six syllables, eight syllables, two syllables, as described and demonstrated in the following links:

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/cinquain.html

https://www.cinquain.org/cinquain.html

https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/621-crapsey-cinquain-and-some-of-its-vari...

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Dave
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