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Cinquain
The traditional cinquain is based on a syllable count. Twenty-Two syllables in the following pattern (2-4-6-8-2) It has five lines, one word in the first line, two in the second line etc.
The modern cinquain is based on a word count of words of a certain type.
Line 1 has one word (the title).
Line 2 has two words that describe the title.
Line 3 has three words that tell the action.
Line 4 has four words that express the feeling
Line 5 has one word which recalls the title.