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A quintain is any poetic form containing five lines such as tanka, cinquain, and limerick. == Example == All, all a-lonely: Three little children sitting on the sand, All, all a-lonely, Three little children sitting in the sand, All, all a-lonely Down in the green wood shady― There came an old woman, said Come on with me, All, all a-lonely, There came an old women, said Come on with me, All, all a-lonely, Down in the green wood shady― She stuck her pen-knife through their heart, All, all a-lonely, She stuck her pen-knife through their heart, All, all a-lonely, Down in the green wood shady― --anonymous English Poem〔James Kirkup, Hisatoshi Takata. ''What is English Poetry?'' Eichosha, 1970〕 Autumn Song Know'st thou not at the fall of the leaf How the heart feels a languid grief Laid on it for a covering, And how sleep seems a goodly thing In Autumn at the fall of the leaf? And how the swift beat of the brain Falters because it is in vain, In Autumn at the fall of the leaf Knowest thou not? and how the chief Of joys seems—not to suffer pain? Know'st thou not at the fall of the leaf How the soul feels like a dried sheaf Bound up at length for harvesting, And how death seems a comely thing In Autumn at the fall of the leaf? --Dante Gabriel Rossetti〔(Autumn Song by Dante Gabriel Rossetti )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Quintain (poetry)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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