Cinquain
There are two types of cinquain, the first is a short format with 22 syllables. There are five lines with the syllables arranged like this, 2-4-6-8-2. The second also comes in two styles. While there is no rhyme scheme, a theme is used instead. The two thematic structures are as follows;

Example 1 Example 2
Line 1: one word Line 1: subject word (noun)
Line 2: two words describing the title Line 2: two descriptive words (adjectives)
Line 3: three words (an action) Line 3: three action words (verbs)
Line 4: four words (a feeling) Line 4: a complete sentence
Line 5: one word referring to the first line Line 5: synonym for the line 1 wo

Cinquain Examples by Wordsmith
Drugs Love
Deadly Profit Pain, Joy
Kills, Poisons,Warps Comforts, Hurting, Embraces
Addiction seduces our youth. Love brings me peace.
Death Paradox



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Sorry about the jacked up cut and paste, The examples should read:

>The two thematic structures
>are as follows;
>
>
> Example 1
> Line 1: one word
> Line 2: two words describing the title
> Line 3: three words (an action)
> Line 4: four words (a feeling)
> Line 5: one word referring to the first line
>
> WordSmith's Example
>
> Drugs
> Deadly Profit
> Kills, poisons, warps
> Addition seduces your youth
> Death
>
> Example 2
> Line 1: subject word (noun)
> Line 2: two descriptive words (adjectives)
> Line 3: three action words (verbs)
> Line 4: a complete sentence
> Line 5: synonym for the line 1 word
>
> Wordsmith's Example of this
>
> Love
> Pain, Joy
> Comforts, Hurting, Embraces
> Love brings me peace
> Paradox

*I am NOT Wordsmith. I repeat...i am NOT Wordsmith!!!*

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