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The American Cinquain
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ISBN13: 9798899901386
Publisher: Finishing Line Press
Published: Aug 29 2025
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.22 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Finishing Line Press
Published: Aug 29 2025
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.22 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In the early 1900s, Adelaide Crapsey invented a five-line short form of poetry now known as the American Cinquain, based partially on her study of Cherokee incantations.
Most readers of short forms are familiar with Japanese Haiku and Tonka, but few are familiar with Adelaide's home-grown American Cinquain.
DEFINITION
Cinquain:
story told in
twenty-two syllables,
five lines of 2-4-6-8-2.
That's it.
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