CRAPSEY'S AMERICAN CINQUAIN exampled DIDACTIC 2

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A. INTRO 

AMERICAN CINQUAINS Adelaide's answer to the Japanese haiku

Poems

in shapely form,

displaying syllables

or stresses in a versatile

refrain.


B.DIDACTIC DISCUSSION

TITLE  completely optional

FORMAT

FIRST LETTER OF LlNE CAPITALISED

line  syllables/stresses

1.                             2 Long days
2.                             4 Of August sun
3.                             6 Where nature blinks and shrinks 
4.                             8 The dying grass,yellowed in sleep-
5.                             2 Held fast




 EXAMPLE OF MINE -TITLED


PASSION

Eyes closed
As lips caressed,
Mouths joined,impassioned
Tongues explore,in our love's embrace,
Time-framed

KEY to this form- note how line 1 & line 5 make a  link couplet  & secondly the  'turn' 'surprise'  from  end of line 4  to 5.

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thriveni c mysore

Date: 6/16/2025 9:48:00 PM

interesting, both form and passion!

Chetta Achara

Date: 6/16/2025 7:31:00 AM

Cinquain is one of my favorite poetic forms. I appreciate your cinquain. I appreciate also that you point out how lines 1 and 5 link to form a couplet.