A cinquain is a poem with five unrhymed lines that consist of a 2, 4, 6, 8, 2 syllabic pattern. This poem was written by Adelaide Crapsey, the inventor of the cinquain.
November Night
By Adelaide Crapsey (1878-1914)
Listen...
With faint dry sound,
Like steps of passing ghosts,
The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the trees
And fall.
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