Agreed. This seems like a bullshit form. You really need more than an arbitrary line / syllable count to make a form. Let's see, I'll invent a form that goes 1, 5, 1, 2, 5 in syllable count, & call it, "The UNC Tarheels are the National Champions in Basketball 2005 woot woot!!" form. Here's an example:
This
is my invented
form.
It sucks.
What did you expect?
Whoo!
Carolina won!
Whoo!
Accept
this title shout-out.
Now, you could probably put a reasonably interesting & striking epigram into this, as into any other arbitrary lineation, but it would have nothing to do with the form. Thus, the form is pointless, as the cinquain seems to be. Would be interested to hear Patricia's take after reading a book (!) on this thing, though would NOT be interested to read the book myself.
Chris
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