Saturday, May 06, 2006

Another set of rules for cinquains

A cinquain has five lines.
Line 1 is one word (the title)
Line 2 is two words that describe the title.
Line 3 is three words that tell the action
Line 4 is four words that express the feeling
Line 5 is one word that recalls the title

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There is a syllable form too for cinquains

http://www.noggs.dsl.pipex.com/vf/englishsyllable.htm

Five lines; the syllable counts are 2, 4, 6, 8, 2.


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