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Cinquain vs Limerick - What's the difference?

cinquain | limerick |

As nouns the difference between cinquain and limerick

is that cinquain is a five line poetic form which consists of 2, 4, 6, 8 then 2 syllables while limerick is a humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically has a 9-9-6-6-9 cadence.

As a proper noun Limerick is

a county in the Republic of Ireland.

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

    limerick

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba , and typically has a 9-9-6-6-9 cadence.

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