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kengr ([personal profile] kengr) wrote2017-06-07 01:15 pm

poem form?

About 50 years ago, my eighth grade English teacher had us writing poems in a form that was quite interesting. I've never run across it since, and (of course) I can't remember all the details.

It was:

noun
adjective, adjective
phrase (can't remember what sort, but there was something specific about it)
noun

I recall one that was:

School
dull, boring
[can't recall phrase]
prison

I paired it with another one that showed the exact opposite impression of school.

If this isn't something she invented on her own, I'd like to know what it's called and what the rules are.

Blitzkrieg (old gamer joke: tanks in advance)
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[personal profile] alatefeline 2017-06-08 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
I did those too! Only about 20 years ago. But WHAT are they called!?
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[personal profile] mikewiltse 2017-06-08 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Possibly Cinquain

Parts of Speech:
Line 1- noun
Line 2- 2 adjectives
Line 3- 3 -ing words
Line 4- a phrase
Line 5- another word for the noun from line 1

Example of a cinquain based on parts of speech:
Car by Tynea Lewis
Car
Fast, yellow
Speeding, swerving, moving
Carrying teenagers away
Transportation

Source: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/article-poetic-forms