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1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 4a/ 5/ 6/ 7

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The following variations on the cinquain have evolved as writers have experimented with the form:

crown cinquain: 5 stanzas of 2-4-6-8-2 each

reverse cinquain: five-line syllabic verse of the pattern 2-8-6-4-2

mirror cinquain:  2-4-6-8-2  2-8-6-4-2 (space between stanzas optional)

butterfly cinquain: nine-line syllabic verse of the pattern  2-4-6-8-2-8-6-4-2

                 garland cinquain: a sequence of six cinquains in which the final cinquain is composed of
                    lines from the preceding five (generally L1 from S1, L2 from S2, L3 from S3, etc...)

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