Rictameter

Rictameter is a scheme similar to Cinquain.            

Starting your first line with a two syllable word, you then consecutively increase the number of syllables per line by two. i.e. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10  Then down again, 8, 6, 4, 2 Making the final line the same two syllable word you began with. 

This form looks best when centered

Example Poem

Shadow 

The puppy lived 

because I rescued him. 

Just a boy myself, no one close. 

Nursed him to health; trained him easily too 

and my grandma watched us blossom. 

He played with me, slept with 

me, became my 

Shadow 

(c) Lawrencealot - April 2012