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Cinquain - Stories

Primary Genre: Poetry
a short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines containing, respectively, two, four, six, eight, and two syllables. Cinquains may be paired and manipulated to create longer forms. For example, the mirror cinquain has lines of syllables 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, 2, 8, 6, 4, 2.  Cinquains are often used in teaching schoolchildren early forms of poetry.
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      • Assassin
      • Cozy Fantasy
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      • Ancient Orient
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      • Medieval
      • Non-Contemporary
      • Victorian
      • Western
      • World Wars
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      • Body Snatcher
      • Gothic
      • Haunted House Horror
      • Horror - Modern
      • Monster
      • Psychological
      • Splatterpunk
      • Weird Science
      • Zombie
    • Mystery
      • Amateur Sleuth
      • Caper
      • Classic Mystery
      • Cozy Mystery
      • Detective
      • Historical Mystery
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      • Ekphrastic Poetry
      • Epic Poetry
      • Free-Verse
      • Ghazal
      • Haiku
      • Limerick
      • Lyric
      • Mixed Forms
      • Rhyming
      • Sonnet
      • Translation
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      • Cryptid
      • Cursed Objects
      • Demonic Paranormal Romance
      • Haunted Tech
      • Paranormal Mystery
      • Romantic Paranormal
      • Shifters
      • Vampires
      • Werewolves
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      • Billionaire Romance
      • Contemporary Romance
      • Cozy Romance
      • General Romance
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      • Rock Star Romance
      • Romantasy
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      • Slow Burn Romance
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      • Biopunk
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      • Post Cyberpunk
      • Science Fantasy
      • Silkpunk
      • Soft Sci-Fi
      • Solarpunk
      • Space Opera
      • Space Western
      • Steampunk
      • Utopian
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      • Environmental Thriller
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      • Suspense
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