The Cinquain Challenge: Crapsey Form 2
This week, we’re looking at a second type of cinquain. It’s got a few more syllables than the first, and has to be my favourite type. I’ve called it the Crapsey Form 2, because it was the second form I’ve heard of American poet, Adelaide Crapsey, creating. For those of you who are new to this series, Adelaide Crapsey was an American poet who was inspired by the rules of Japanese poetry to create her own poetical form, the cinquain. A cinquain is a five-line poem that has a set number of syllables (or word types) per line. Sometimes the title of a cinquain acts as a sixth line. The second type of cinquain we’ll look at has no name, so I’ve called it Crapsey Form 2. This form has two syllables in the first line, four in the second, six in the third, eight in the fourth and only two in the fifth, giving it a diamond shape on the page. Here’s an example, inspired by last week’s verses: Happy The two dogs run Chasing the fleeing ball While their human friends ...