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cinquain

How many syllables in cinquain?

  2 syllables

Divide cinquain into syllables:   cin-quain
How to pronounce cinquain:   sin-kayn
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Define cinquain



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  1. A short, 5-line poem that follows the 2-4-6-8-2 syllable scheme.
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What rhymes with cinquain

2 syllables
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