<em>A clock,</em>
<em>steady, noisy</em>
<em>ticking, stealing, fleeting</em>
<em>time escapes us time and again</em>
<em>hourglass.</em>
A cinquain should have two syllables in the first line, four in the second, six in the third, eight in the fourth, and end with two syllables again. This particular cinquain is a <u>didactic cinquain</u>.
