Cinquains
WRITING A CINQUAIN
A CINQUAIN IS A TYPE OF POEM. IT GETS ITS NAME FROM THE FACT THAT IT IS ALWAYS
FIVE LINES LONG (THE WORD CINQ MEANS "FIVE" IN FRENCH) .
BELOW IS A STUDENT EXAMPLE OF A CINQUAIN. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS
BELOW, AND YOU WILL CREATE AN ORIGINAL CINQUAIN OF YOUR OWN.
Motorcycles,
Loud, fierce,
Circling, swerving, clustering
They swarm like black bees---
Moto-Cross