Yep! You guessed it – Pattern 2 Cinquain follows Pattern
1.
You’re doing great!! A cinquain poem, Pattern TWO, counts WORDS, 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)
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)
(These poems look nice when they are centered)
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Create
Something new
Painting, singing, crafting
Your vision of things
Transformaton
© 2024 Stephanie Abney
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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