Short Lyric and Epigrammatic Forms

Brief forms built for compression, wit or a single turn of thought: the pointed epigram, the five-line American cinquain, and the comic five-line limerick. Belongs here: a short fixed form whose defining feature is brevity and a single closing effect. Does not belong here: an East Asian short form covered above, whose brevity comes from a syllable count rather than an epigrammatic turn.