Quintain Poetry: The One Syllable Quintain

 Syllable Counting for Quintains

Note: In the first ten types, listed below, the number of
syllables per line must be the same for each of the
five lines in the quintain stanza.

 

1 Syllable Quintain

Examples: # 2224, 2394

nose
hole
blow
snot
out
- Mike Garofalo, # 2224

 

my

Mind

moves

my

Time

Mike Garofalo, # 2394

A line with only one syllable is sometimes
referred to as a monometer.

 

2 Syllables Quintain

Examples: # 2116

statue
deep blue
sitting
so still
Sunday
- Mike Garofalo, # 2116

A line with only two syllables is sometimes
referred to as a dimeter.

 

Bundled Up:

Quintains, Tankas, Pentastichs, and Onions

Quintain Poetry By Mike Garofalo

Bundled Up, Volume 1
Quintain Poems 1 - 1,000

Bundled Up, Volume 2
Quintain Poems 1,000 - 1,500

Bundled Up, Volume 3
Quintain Poems 1,500 - 2,000

Bundled Up, Volume 4
Quintain Poems 2,000 - 2,500

Bundled Up, Volume 5
Quintain Poems 2,500 - 3,000

 

Quintains - Research

Quintains: 2,100+ Quintains (Free Online)

Quintain Poetry Rhyme Schemes

Syllable Counting for Quintains

Quintain Sonnet Forms ( 5252, 555, 553 )

Quintains: Bibliography, Links, Research

Poetry - Research

Poetry by Michael P. Garofalo