CRAPSEY'S AMERICAN CINQUAIN exampled DIDACTIC 2

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.