A Book of Cinquains

By Andrew Mangravite

Book Overview

The cinquain is a five-line twenty-two syllable verse form created by Adelaide Crapsey in response to the tanka and haiku forms which were then coming into vogue among English-language poets. Because it is a western form, the cinquain is more expansive and rhetorical. It lends itself to a variety of uses. A Book of Cinquains contains poems that are descriptive, humorous, meditative and dramati

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 149318797X
• ISBN13: 9781493187973
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Xlibris
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"