cinquain
Brief American verse
A cinquain is a five-line poem.
The term most often refers to the form developed by American poet Adelaide Crapsey: five lines of two, four, six, eight, and two syllables respectively, creating a brief, compressed verse similar to haiku.
More loosely, cinquain describes any five-line stanza or poem.
Group of five
- pentagonFive-sided closed figure
- pentadA group of five
- pentameterFive-foot poetic line
- pentagramFive-pointed mystical star
Japanese seventeen-syllable verse
- tankaClassical Japanese verse form
- senryuWitty Japanese three-liner
- limerickComedic five-line poem
- sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
quatrain · couplet · ode · villanelle · sestina · rondel · epigram · acrostic
Poem's line grouping
- syllabicOf speech segments
- AmericanFrom the U.S.
- didacticIntended to instruct
- butterflyWinged insect from caterpillar
reverse · crown · garland · mirror · shaped · brief · compact · miniature
Device that measures usage
- footLeg's lowest part
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- countReckon a total
- iambTwo-syllable metrical foot
trochee · dactyl · scansion · prosody · rhythm · beat · cadence · accent
Briefly and clearly stated
- minimalistOne favoring bare essentials
- compressedReduced by pressure
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- succinctExpressed with minimal words
pithy · terse · crisp · distilled · spare · tight · concentrated · capsule
quintet
Group of five
- pentagonFive-sided closed figure
- pentadA group of five
- pentameterFive-foot poetic line
haiku
Japanese seventeen-syllable verse
sonnet · quatrain · couplet · ode · villanelle · sestina · rondel · epigram · acrostic · concrete
stanza
Poem's line grouping
butterfly · reverse · crown · garland · mirror · shaped · brief · compact · miniature · structured
meter
Device that measures usage
iamb · trochee · dactyl · scansion · prosody · rhythm · beat · cadence · accent · pattern
concise
Briefly and clearly stated
- minimalistOne favoring bare essentials
- compressedReduced by pressure
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
succinct · pithy · terse · crisp · distilled · spare · tight · concentrated · capsule · thumbnail
cinquainepic
Impressively grand in scope
sonnet · villanelle · free verse · prose poem · ode