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A quintain or pentastich is any poetic form containing five lines. Examples include the tanka, the cinquain, the quintilla, Shakespeare's Sonnet 99, and the limerick.

Examples

Sonnet 99 (first stanza)

— William Shakespeare

Autumn Song

— Dante Gabriel Rossetti

The Corporal (extract)

— Thom Gunn



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