How Do You Write A Cinquain Poem

Considered to be a literary art, poems best express the emotions and feelings of a person. They explicitly articulate what a person wants to communicate. Though they are a true mirror of a person’s feeling, a lot of intellectual is required to understand the deep meaning lying behind them. Writing poems not only helps you to be more expressive in life, but also gives a way to the mind, to open up its wings and fly into the outer world. These wings are a great lesson for young birds in the creative field.

 

There are various types and genres of poetry writing. One such is the cinquain style of writing, which literally means a five-line poem or stanza. Such a poem deals with only one topic and describes the actions and feelings associated with it, in detail. Moreover, it gives the reader freedom of interpretation with the common essence. The style of this form of poetry was invented by the American poet Adelaide Crapsey, in her poetry work with the name ‘The Complete Poems’, in the year 1915. Read on to find ways and tips on how do you write a cinquain poetry.

There are three styles of writing cinquain poetry. In the following lines, we have detailed the way you write each style of such a poem.

 

Line1: One word that is usually the topic of the poem usually a noun.

Line2: Two words that describes the topic usually an adjective

Line 3: Three words that tells the action verbs

Line 4: Four words that can be sentence expressing emotions

Line 5: One word the last summed up feeling

 

Line1: A noun

Line2: Two adjectives

Line 3: Three words ending in 'ing'

Line 4: A phrase

Line 5: Another word for the noun

 

Line1: Two syllables

Line2: Four syllables

Line 3: Six syllables

Line 4: Eight syllables

Line 5: Two syllables

 

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