What is the difference between the American cinquain and the Modern cinquain?

A. The American cinquain uses parts of speech.

B. The American cinquain has a specific meter.

C. The Modern cinquain uses antonyms for the first and last lines.

D. The Modern cinquain has a specific number of syllables per line.

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Clarissa Hamilton

2 January, 02:06

What is the difference between the American cinquain and the Modern cinquain?

A. The American cinquain uses parts of speech.

B. The American cinquain has a specific meter.

C. The Modern cinquain uses antonyms for the first and last lines.

D. The Modern cinquain has a specific number of syllables per line.

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Nathalia Cuevas · Answer 1

B - the American cinquain has a specific meter

A cinquain is a 5 line poem based on the Japanese haiku use to convey mood or emotion. They either follow a syllable structure of 2, 4, 6, 8, 2 or one noun, two adjectives, three actions, four feelings, one noun.