2011-01-16 10:31
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TODAY, RIGHT NOW
today
this life comes forth
I fill myself with good
now I have become full of light
right now
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From: http://www.thepoetsgarret.com/list.html
Cinquain
A very popular five-line stanza. Originally it was a very casual French form where the lines could be of any length, and the form could have either any rhyme scheme or no rhyme.
Now, however, when anyone refers to a Cinquain, they usually mean the version of form set out by Adelaide Crapsey.
This form still consists of five lines, but now has a specific syllable count starting with a two syllable line, and followed by three lines which increase by two syllables each time and the final line reverting to a two syllable line again. The example below might explain it better.
In addition, the lines are usually iambic, that is, the stresses fall on every other syllable
(for now I am just doing one stanza... I may expound on this later)
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