Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A five-line stanza.
- noun A poem of five lines consisting respectively of two, four, six, eight, and two syllables.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In old military evolutions, an order of battle governing the drawing up of five battalions so as to constitute three lines—that is, a van, main body, and reserve.
- noun A stanza of five lines.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A five line
poetic form which consists of 2, 4, 6, 8 then 2syllables . - noun 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Some of them are written in a form of her own invention, the "cinquain"
Contemporary American Literature Bibliographies and Study Outlines John Matthews Manly 1902
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She sometimes writes free verse, sometimes in rhyme, often in a demanding syllabic form called cinquain.
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Also, longtime PHS teacher Tiffany Corbett has invited some of her students to share their cinquain poems on 9/11 with the rest of the community through Plainfield Today, which I expect to have available later in the week.
Plainfield Remembers 9/11 Dan 2007
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Also, longtime PHS teacher Tiffany Corbett has invited some of her students to share their cinquain poems on 9/11 with the rest of the community through Plainfield Today, which I expect to have available later in the week.
Archive 2007-09-01 Dan 2007
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A cinquain poem is a simple, but strictly structured verse.
GotPoetry.com News 2010
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A cinquain written for the poem of the day assignment.
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This is a strict Crapsey cinquain that I hope helps the reader experience this smell.
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Although I missed the deadline due to power cuts, I thought I'd share this cinquain with you!
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I chose to create a cinquain poem about the city of Houston, TX.
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The writer Yetti Frenkel will be at the main library from 10 a.m. until noon to teach children the art of the cinquain, a five-line, finely structured verse form.
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