Here’s a simple five line poem form to test out your syllable counting skills, or at least the skills of one of the many online syllable counters. Cinquain poems follow a simple pattern:
Line 1 contains 2 syllables
Line 2 contains 4 syllables
Line 3 contains 6 syllables
Line 4 contains 8 syllables
Line 5 returns to 2 syllables.
No rhyme scheme or beat pattern to follow, but count your syllables carefully.
Chihuahua
Small, fierce
Devoted, honored, challenging
Dashing and leaping into hearts
Lovable
Writers
Awesome, loathsome
Expressive and introverted
Challenging beliefs, confirming devotions
Creatives
write on, Cinquain.