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Cinquain vs Sonnet - What's the difference?

cinquain | sonnet |

As nouns the difference between cinquain and sonnet

is that cinquain is a five line poetic form which consists of 2, 4, 6, 8 then 2 syllables while sonnet is a fixed verse form of italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.

As a verb sonnet is

to compose sonnets.

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

    sonnet

    English

    (wikipedia sonnet)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.

    • See also

    * poem * English sonnet * Italian sonnet * quatorzain

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To compose sonnets.
  • * Milton
    • Strains that come almost to sonneting .

    Anagrams

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