cinquain

[sing-keyn, sing-keyn]

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noun

a group of five.
Prosody.��
1. a short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines containing, respectively, two, four, six, eight, and two syllables.
2. any stanza of five lines.

cinquain

/ ˈsɪŋkeɪn, sɪŋˈkeɪn /

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1705–15; < French < Late Latin cinque ( cinque ) + French -ain collective suffix. See quatrain

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C18 (in the sense: a military company of five): from French cinq five, from Latin quinque; compare _quatrain

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They are assigned to write a three-stanza lyric poem in response to “Eucalyptus” and an American cinquain based on a work of their choice.

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