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Haiku vs Cinquain - What's the difference?

haiku | cinquain |

As nouns the difference between haiku and cinquain

is that haiku is a Japanese poem of a specific form, consisting of three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme while cinquain is a five line poetic form which consists of 2, 4, 6, 8 then 2 syllables.

haiku

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A Japanese poem of a specific form, consisting of three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.
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  • A three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.
    • Haiku, a poem
    five beats, then seven, then five
    ends as it began.
  • English plurals

    • Derived terms

    * (l) (rare) * (l)

    Synonyms

    * hokku

    See also

    * A is a short humorous poem that is similar to the haiku. ----

    cinquain

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A five line poetic form which consists of 2, 4, 6, 8 then 2 syllables.
  • A five line poetic form which consists of 1 noun, 2 adjectives, 3 actions, 4 feeling words, then 1 noun that is the same as top noun

    • Coordinate terms

    * couplet * tercet * terzain * quatrain * sestet * septet * octave