You’re doing great!! Let’s stick with cinquain poems and try Pattern TWO ~ we will be counting WORDS this time and not syllables. Fun!!
American poet Adelaide Crapsey invented this five-line poetry form. You
may recall that Cinq is French for “FIVE.”
However, Adelaide took her inspiration from the Japanese haiku and tanka,
rather than from the French. Go figure.
This short five-lined poem doesn’t have an actual title; rather, the
FIRST line (one word) becomes the title.
It does not need to rhyme and in this version, you count the number of words per line and each
line has specific requirements for what kinds of words to use:
1st line ~ one word – the
subject (or title) or your poem
2nd line ~ two words that
describe the title/subject
3rd line ~ three words that
express action (using 3 “ing” participles works well here, if you
like, or just 3 verbs; or an action phrase)
4th line ~ four words that
express a thought or feeling
5th line ~ one-word synonym for the title
(restates your subject using a different
word)
Family
Getting married
Trying, learning, growing
Working things out together
Love
© 2023 Stephanie Abney
[Or not
using participles . . . just an action phrase for line 3]
Service
Helping others
Let’s work together
Bearing one another’s burdens
Love
© 2011 Stephanie Abney
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