CINQUAIN

1st:Noun/Topic

2nd: 2Adj

3rd: 3 gerunds (e.g Running, Sleeping and Walking)

4th: One short Complete Sentence

5th: Synonym

Example of cinquain

1. Mun Choong

Funny Calm

Studying Sleeping Playing

0! How easy life is

Male

2. Flower

Pretty White

Blooming Moving Watering

How Attractive You Are

Rose/Plant/Nature

CINQUAIN History

1.CINQUAIN is the general term for a class of poetic forms that employ a 5-line pattern. Within the class, there are several forms that are defined by specific rules and guidelines.

2.Reverse cinquain =A form with one 5-line stanza in a syllabic pattern of two, eight, six, four, two

3.Mirror cinquain =A form with two 5-line stanzas consisting of a cinquain followed by a reverse cinquain.

4.Butterfly cinquain = A nine-line syllabic form with the pattern two, four, six, eight, two, eight, six, four, two.

5.Crown cinquain = A sequence of five cinquain stanzas functioning to construct one larger poem.

6.Garland cinquain = A series of six cinquains in which the last is formed of lines from the preceding five, typically line one from stanza one, line two from stanza two, and so on.