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8787, Cinquan (NPM Lesson Thirteen?) Posted by delrica, Fri Apr-19-02 05:17 AM
Cinquain There are two types of cinquain, the first is a short format with 22 syllables. There are five lines with the syllables arranged like this, 2-4-6-8-2. The second also comes in two styles. While there is no rhyme scheme, a theme is used instead. The two thematic structures are as follows;
Example 1 Example 2 Line 1: one word Line 1: subject word (noun) Line 2: two words describing the title Line 2: two descriptive words (adjectives) Line 3: three words (an action) Line 3: three action words (verbs) Line 4: four words (a feeling) Line 4: a complete sentence Line 5: one word referring to the first line Line 5: synonym for the line 1 wo
Cinquain Examples by Wordsmith Drugs Love Deadly Profit Pain, Joy Kills, Poisons,Warps Comforts, Hurting, Embraces Addiction seduces our youth. Love brings me peace. Death Paradox
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8788, Oops!! Posted by delrica, Fri Apr-19-02 05:29 AM
Sorry about the jacked up cut and paste, The examples should read:
>The two thematic structures >are as follows; > > > Example 1 > Line 1: one word > Line 2: two words describing the title > Line 3: three words (an action) > Line 4: four words (a feeling) > Line 5: one word referring to the first line > > WordSmith's Example > > Drugs > Deadly Profit > Kills, poisons, warps > Addition seduces your youth > Death > > Example 2 > Line 1: subject word (noun) > Line 2: two descriptive words (adjectives) > Line 3: three action words (verbs) > Line 4: a complete sentence > Line 5: synonym for the line 1 word > > Wordsmith's Example of this > > Love > Pain, Joy > Comforts, Hurting, Embraces > Love brings me peace > Paradox
*I am NOT Wordsmith. I repeat...i am NOT Wordsmith!!!*
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