 Cinquain, Poetic Form Exercise |
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CINQUAIN: From the French, meaning "a grouping of five."
The Cinquain has five lines of two, four, six, eight, and two syllables, respectively, with a total syllabic count of 22. The cinquain should have no more than two full sentences. The Handbook of Poetic Forms suggests: Do not add words to fill out this form; write with feeling, but do not allow your writing to become cloyingly sweet; build toward a climax and put a surprise into your last two lines. Rather than parts of speech, be concerned with thoughts and images. The cinquain came to popularity by Adelaide Crapsy, who devised the form back in the early 1900's. She was so influenced by the Japanese forms, tanka and haiku, that she developed her own poetic system which she then called cinquain. The most famous of the few Crapsy cinquains from her The Complete Poems is: These be Three silent things: The falling snow... the hour Before the dawn... the mouth of one Just dead. Cinquains, though they have never become very popular, have always attracted a number of poets who are still developing the form. Why not try your own here in this thread! Come on! We dare you!  :p
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Cleo_Serapis Cinquain Aug 3 03, 10:06 
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to find its lids
had been written upon
th... Aug 7 17, 18:14 Larry I woke
from an odd dream
where I reenacted
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to feeling tears
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are less likely
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for kids
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real sweats
involving too
vicious, he... Aug 12 17, 02:59 Larry law is set by
legends
are made by those
who try t... Aug 14 17, 14:32 JustDaniel SALAD YUMMY
sure, try
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dairy
adds a white sea
in meals from ... Aug 16 17, 13:53 JustDaniel yield
to temptation
to write an acrostic
and Larry... Aug 17 17, 13:09 Larry daily
apple intake
won’t keep away doctors
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wild extrusions
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fro... Aug 18 17, 09:10 Larry dump lings
after cleaning
into the big stew pot
an... Aug 19 17, 18:42 JustDaniel cod piece
in egg batter
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with strawberries
and some nice fresh whi... Aug 20 17, 22:20 JustDaniel short cake
and tall candle
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party
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lady
isn’t one who
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day rates
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over too soon,
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from blame
are we washed clean
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He held
all His love
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your death
over ennui
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hasten
after you ski
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DRIFT GLOBS
diving
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a Child is born
and a Son is given
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that path
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... Oct 22 17, 07:28 Larry to be a tease
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etch the brain with
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angry whe... Jan 15 18, 23:50 14 User(s) are reading this topic (14 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
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