- Cinquain Swirl is an invented verse form based on 2 or more Crapsey Cinquains syllable count written without breaks using L5 of each cinquain as L1 of the next cinquain. When centered on the page the lines form a swirling effect.
- Writing.com Syllable count is 2-4-6-8-2-4-6-8-2-4-6-8-2 etc. It can be written in any number of lines that complete the 2-4-6-8-2 cycle.
- At Poet's Garrett L1 of the first cinquain is repeated as the 2 syllable line similar to a refrain throughout the poem. 2-4-6-8-2-4-6-8-2 It can be written in any number of lines that complete the 2-4-6-8-2-4-6-8-2 cycle.
In Cinquain Swirl and Cinquain Chain Poems are American style
poems with French names.
In a Cinquain Swirl, Cinquain poems with a 2-4-6-8-2 syllable
beat are melted together to form a longer poem, and the 2 syllable beat is
repeated as the refrain, 2R-4-6-8-2R-4-6-8-2R-4-6-8-2R.
In a Cinquain Chain, Cinquain poems are linked together to form
a longer poem, and the 2 syllable beat is repeated as the refrain in all the 2
beats lines, 2R-4-6-8-2R-2R-4-6-8-2R-2R-4-6-8-2R, or as the first and last line
of the poem with the 2 beat lines between Cinquain repeated,
2R1-4-6-8-2R2-2R2-4-6-8-2R3-2R3-4-6-8-2R1.
Both, Cinquain Swirls and Cinquain Chains may or may not have
rhyme. They must be at least 2 Cinquain long, but they have no limit to the
number of Cinquain used. The examples below are of 3 Cinquain in length.
Examples: by Frank G. Poe, Jr.
My Blog Swirl My Blog Chain
Follow, Follow,
You’re
hypnotized. You’re
hypnotized.
You will follow my
blog. You
will follow my blog.
Click on follow; you will
follow. Click
on follow; you will follow.
Follow, You
must,
You must tell
friends. You
must,
You cannot
imagine You
must tell friends.
Life without following my
blog. You
cannot imagine
Follow Life
without following my blog.
You need my
blog. You
need,
Soon, you will
awaken. You
need,
You will not remember this
poem. You
need my blog.
Follow… Soon,
you will awaken.
. You
will not remember this poem.
. Follow…
Well
...After much exploration to try to iron out the differences above, I found
many cinquain swirls written without any refrain at all. So my specifications shall state that the
Cinquain Swirl is an aggregation of Crapsey Cinquains strung together omitting
the two syllable Line 5, except for the poems ending line.
Save
the refrain for the Cinquain Chain. (If
you like.)
2,
4, 6, 8, 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, 4, 6, 8, 2
Related forms: Baxter's Hexastitch, Butterfly Cinquain, Cinquino, Crapsey Cinquain, CinqCinquain, Cinquain Chain, Cinquain Swirl, Didactic Cinquain, Mirror Cinquain, Oddquain Butterfly, Standard Cinquain
My Example
Choose Happy
Finding
not a single
reason joy needs to
wait,
I'll use this and
every season
Piling
up high my plate.
Stack it up with
cheer then
Grinning; spread it-
spread it all around.
Therein
lies our path to
winning, giving gloom no
ground. Steer your
bark with fear
behind you putting
hope now in
control.
(c) Lawrencealot - February 20, 2014
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