Day 3 Cinquain and Senryu Poems Poetry Day 3 Cinquain and Senryu Poems

Poet Focus Nimah Nawwab

Cinquain (SING-cane) Cinquain come from the French for “a grouping of five” Cinquains have 5 lines with specific syllable counts for each Line 1: 2 Line 2: 4 Line 3: 6 Line 4: 8 Line 5: 2 Cinquains capture brief images of moments or statements The lines should work together and not cut the thought at the end of each. They do not rhyme! The poem should build suspense until the final line. The final line can be a surprise

Adelaide Crapsey’s Example Triad These be Three silent things: The falling snow… the hour Before the dawn… the mouth of one Just dead. She invented the form, so it’s good.

Poet Focus Walt Whitman

Senryu (SEND-you) Shares the same form and origin as the Haiku. 3 lines Line 1 – 5 sounds (syllables) Line 2 – 7 sounds (syllables) Line 3 – 5 sounds (syllables) Difference: Haiku capture a moment linking nature to man Senryu aim to capture pure human nature Senryu are sometimes sarcastic and usually humorous

Senryu examples crazy for me, she was, I find out fifty years later ~ Kenkabo looking for the shoes of the visitor—the little boy has them on ~ Koka squinting to read the sign “optician” ~ Alan Pizzarelli Her name forgotten… the sweetheart my father said I would forget ~ Ross Kremer

For the rest of class: Practice cinquain and senryu Each form needs to be included in your project Look at our four poets to this point and see if one is a poet you’d like to focus on for your analyses