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/sing kayn", sing"kayn/, n.1. a group of five.2. Pros.a. a short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines containing, respectively, two, four, six, eight, and two syllables.b. any stanza of five lines.
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▪ poetrya five-line stanza. The American poet Adelaide Crapsey (Crapsey, Adelaide) (1878–1914), applied the term in particular to a five-line verse form of specific metre that she developed. Analogous to the Japanese verse forms haiku and tanka, it has two syllables in its first and last lines and four, six, and eight in the intervening three lines and generally has an iambic (iamb) cadence. An example is her poem “November Night”:Listen…With faint dry soundLike steps of passing ghosts,the leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the treesAnd fall.* * *
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Cinquain — (pronounced /ˈsɪŋkeɪn/) 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.[1] Contents 1 Crapsey… … Wikipedia
cinquain — (n.) collection of five, 1711, from Fr. cinquain bundle of five objects, from cinq five (see FIVE (Cf. five)). Originally in English of military orders of battle; of five lined stanzas of verse from 1882 … Etymology dictionary
cinquain — (sin kin) s. m. Pièce, couplet de cinq vers, nommé plus souvent quintil. HISTORIQUE XVIe s. • Cinquain, OUDIN Dict.. ÉTYMOLOGIE Cinq, comme quatre a formé quatrain. Cinquain s est dit pour une collection de cinq objets quelconques : un… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
cinquain — noun Etymology: French, from cinq five, from Old French, from Latin quinque more at five Date: 1882 a 5 line stanza … New Collegiate Dictionary
Cinquain — Quintil Un quintil est une strophe composée de cinq vers. Portail de la poésie Ce document provient de « Quintil ». Catégorie : Versification … Wikipédia en Français
cinquain — noun /sɪn.ken/ a) A five line poetic form which consists of 2, 4, 6, 8 then 2 syllables. b) 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 … Wiktionary
cinquain — cin·quain … English syllables
cinquain — cin•quain [[t]sɪŋˈkeɪn, ˈsɪŋ keɪn[/t]] n. 1) a group of five 2) pro a stanza of five lines • Etymology: 1705–15; < F cinq five (« L quīnque). Cf. quatrain … From formal English to slang
cinquain — /ˈsɪŋkeɪn/ (say singkayn), /sɪŋˈkeɪn/ (say sing kayn) noun Prosody a short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines. {French, from Late Latin cinque five + French ain collective suffix. Compare quatrain} … Australian-English dictionary
cinquain — n. group of five, especially five line stanza … Dictionary of difficult words
