Day 23 2024 ~ How to write a “Cinquain Poem, Pattern 3” for #NationalPoetryMonth ~ "30 poems in 30 days"

Yep, you guessed it – next is Pattern 3 for a Cinquain Poem.  As I mentioned a couple of days ago, there are three basic ways to construct a Cinquain Poem; one is by counting the number of syllables per line, another by counting the number of words per line and the last one counts WORDS (except for line 4) BUT with very SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS!! Today we will finish off writing cinquain poems by following the guidelines for pattern 3.

Cinquain poems always have FIVE LINES, but the version I call “Pattern 3,” you will need to fill each line in ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTIONS BELOW!! J

This Cinquain Poem has a certain number of words for lines 1, 2, 3, and 5 but line 4 is any phrase (just a short sentence) you want to use so to sort of “pull it all together”

Here is the PATTERN:   

Line 1: A noun

Line 2: Two adjectives

Line 3: Three “-ing” verbs

Line 4: A phrase (short, but no specific number of words)

Line 5: Another word for the noun in line 1

 

Here are two examples of mine I wrote a while ago:

                                                                    

Dancer
Graceful, lyrical
Leaping, twirling, spinning
My beautiful granddaughter
Payton
 

                                                                                                     © 2019 Stephanie Abney

 

Babies
Sweet, precious
Laughing, babbling, crying
If only they stayed little
Adorable

                                                 © 2011 Stephanie Abney

 

 

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