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Pattern Poetry-Cinquain
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Here is how you write a cinquain.
Cinquains have a definite number of words or syllables on each of its five lines and a purpose, or formula for each line. One way of creating a cinquain is to follow this pattern:
- Line 1 - 1 word giving the title - usually 2 syllables
- Line 2 - 2 words describing the title - usually 4 syllables
- Line 3 - 3 words expressing an action - usually 6 syllables
- Line 4 - 2 words expressing a feeling - usually 8 syllables
- Line 5 - another word for the title - usually 2 or 3 syllables
Example:
Jaguar
Harmful, fast
Runs, roars, attacks
Prey struggling for life
Deadly
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