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一日一贴，学无止境

Cinquain, despite its French name, is an American poetry form that can be traced back to Adelaide Crapsey. Crapsey, influenced by Japanese haiku, developed this poetic system and used it to express brief thoughts and statements. Other poets who popularized the form were Carl Sandburg and Louis Utermeyer. While the form does not have the extensive popularity of haiku, it is often taught in public schools to children because of the form's brief nature.

Most cinquain poems consist of a single, 22 syllable stanza, but they can be combined into longer works. A cinquain consists of five lines. The first line has two syllables, the second line has four syllables, the third line has six syllables and the fourth line has eight syllables, the final line has two syllables:

2

4

6

8

2

The line length is the only firm rule, but there are other guidelines that people have tried to impose from time to time.

Cinquain Guidelines

Write in iambs (Two syllable groupings in which the first syllable is unstressed and the second syllable stressed. For Example: i DRANK she SMILED we TALKED i THOUGHT) For the last line of the cinquain, however, both syllables should be stressed, NICE BAR.
Write about a noun. Cinquains generally fail if you try to make them about emotions, philosophies or other complex subjects. They should be about something concrete.
Don’t try to make each line complete or express a single thought. Each line should flow into the next or the poem will sound static.
Cinquains work best if you avoid adjectives and adverbs. This doesn’t mean you can’t have any, but focus on the nouns and the verbs. This almost always works best in a cinquain.
The poem should build toward a climax. The last line should serve as some sort of conclusion to the earlier thoughts. Often, the conclusion has some sort of surprise built into it.
One possible, but not required, format is as follows

Line 1: Title Noun

Line 2: Description

Line 3: Action

Line 4: Feeling or Effect

Line 5: Synonym of the initial noun.

If you look at my examples, I prefer to use the noun as a separate title, not as part of the cinquain. Also, only one of the three poems is written in iambs.

This article was written by John Hewitt, Director of the Writer's Resource Center, John Hewitt is a freelance writer and Internet Strategist for the OSI Group.

Sample Cinquains

Tucson Rain
The smell

Everyone moves

To the window to look

Work stops and people start talking

Rain came



Opening Game
Game time

Season looked good

National champions

We told ourselves as we sat down

Not now



New Bar
Across

The street I went

To drink at the new bar

I drank she smiled we talked I thought

Nice bar

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All rights reserved except those by agreement with our authors.
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[[ANNA]]

一日一贴，学无止境

Cinquain, despite its French name, is an American poetry form that can be traced back to Adelaide Crapsey. Crapsey, influenced by Japanese haiku, developed this poetic system and used it to express brief thoughts and statements. Other poets who popularized the form were Carl Sandburg and Louis Utermeyer. While the form does not have the extensive popularity of haiku, it is often taught in public schools to children because of the form's brief nature.

Most cinquain poems consist of a single, 22 syllable stanza, but they can be combined into longer works. A cinquain consists of five lines. The first line has two syllables, the second line has four syllables, the third line has six syllables and the fourth line has eight syllables, the final line has two syllables:

2

4

6

8

2

The line length is the only firm rule, but there are other guidelines that people have tried to impose from time to time.

Cinquain Guidelines

Write in iambs (Two syllable groupings in which the first syllable is unstressed and the second syllable stressed. For Example: i DRANK she SMILED we TALKED i THOUGHT) For the last line of the cinquain, however, both syllables should be stressed, NICE BAR.
Write about a noun. Cinquains generally fail if you try to make them about emotions, philosophies or other complex subjects. They should be about something concrete.
Don’t try to make each line complete or express a single thought. Each line should flow into the next or the poem will sound static.
Cinquains work best if you avoid adjectives and adverbs. This doesn’t mean you can’t have any, but focus on the nouns and the verbs. This almost always works best in a cinquain.
The poem should build toward a climax. The last line should serve as some sort of conclusion to the earlier thoughts. Often, the conclusion has some sort of surprise built into it.
One possible, but not required, format is as follows

Line 1: Title Noun

Line 2: Description

Line 3: Action

Line 4: Feeling or Effect

Line 5: Synonym of the initial noun.

If you look at my examples, I prefer to use the noun as a separate title, not as part of the cinquain. Also, only one of the three poems is written in iambs.

This article was written by John Hewitt, Director of the Writer's Resource Center, John Hewitt is a freelance writer and Internet Strategist for the OSI Group.

Sample Cinquains

Tucson Rain
The smell

Everyone moves

To the window to look

Work stops and people start talking

Rain came



Opening Game
Game time

Season looked good

National champions

We told ourselves as we sat down

Not now



New Bar
Across

The street I went

To drink at the new bar

I drank she smiled we talked I thought

Nice bar

Writer's Resource Center
Copyright © 1993-2004
All rights reserved except those by agreement with our authors.
For information on reprints, contact WRC or the content author.

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