PW Earsman Traveller in the arts
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(4/28/02 2:44 pm) Reply
The Cinquain - A challenge.
One of the more popular forms of Cinquain is that requiring only five lines made up as follows:
One noun
Two adjectives
Three verbs (or parts of verbs)
A four-word comment
A synonym of the first word.
Here is a (not-so-good) example wot I just writ.
Alps
Immovable, silent
Challenging, calling, repulsing
Comfortable in their strength
Mountains
I find them a good exercise for getting to the gist of a subject in as few words as possible. A kind of sketch or blueprint perhaps for something larger. But if they're well-written, they stand up perfectly well on their own as a legitimate poetry form.
Traveller in the arts
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(4/29/02 2:21 am) Reply
Re: The Cinquain - A challenge.
I just did this on another board but our challenge was to start with a colour word. I'll go find the ones I did and post them. I had fun with the exercise even if they are a bit crude and the person who gave us the format was not specific about nouns/adjectives etc.
Edited by: Lizzie2oo at: 4/29/02 2:58:39 am
Nice work. 
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