Quintains: 五行诗 A verse stanza of five lines. It appears in various forms, from the English limerick to the Japanese Tanka. A significant Spanish form is the Quintilla, which uses isosyllabic lines and only two rhymes without a final couplet (e.g. abbab or ababa).

There are many great poems that use a five line stanza, often called a Quintain. It can be any five line stanza poem of any meter or line length and is often mis-used because of it's alleged simplicity. The limerick springing to mind right away and is probably the most abused and misused poetry forms.

          A Ditty                  谣 曲   

              Philip Sidney                              菲力普 锡德尼   

My true-love have my heart, and I have his,   意中人占有我的心，我占了他的灵魂，

       By just exchange one for another given:       心心相印，一点灵犀；

       I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss,     我的心他不会失去，他的欣是我的命，

       There never was a better bargain driven:       世上再没有更好的默契；

       My true-love hath my heart, and I have his.    意中人占有我的心，我占了他的灵魂。

       His heart in me keeps him and me in one,       他的情意使我俩一条心，

       My heart in him his thoughts and senses guides: 我的深情教他心思专一；

       He loves my heart, for once it was his own,     他爱我的心，因我对他一往情深，

       I cherish his because in me it bides:           我珍惜他的心，因他对我倾心；

       My true-love hath my heart, and I have his.     意中人占有我的心，我占了他的灵魂

                                                                ------宗白 译

               译文2    小 曲

            我的忠实情人占有我的心

               我也占有他的心，

          我们两人公公平平

              彼此以你心换我心，

          我和他的心亲密无间

              他也不会失去我的心，

          再也没有比这更好的交换。

            我的忠实情人占有我的心

               我也占有他的心。

           他的心在我体内

               使他和我成为一体，

           我的心在他体内

               引导他的思想感官，

           他爱我的心，因为以前原是他的，

               我爱他的心，

               因为他在我的体内安眠；

               我的忠实情人占有我的心

               我也占有他的心。

                           （李霁野 译）