Cinquain Poems-Examples-How To Teach Cinquain Poetry Using Examples And Practica
Date: Monday, May 23 @ 19:18:50 CDT
Topic: Writing Lessons
by Zeph Agayo
For most people, cinquain poetry is something impractical and useless. Partially, I agree with them. Most teachers don't find pleasure in teaching poetry nor do most students find it interesting. Almost all students want to learn things which are practical and useful. This makes cinquain poetry--a very uncomplicated subject, very difficult to teach. It seems impossible to make students become interested in cinquain poetry. However, as they say, "If there's a will, there's a way".
One good way to start discussing cinquain poetry is to discuss whether it is useful or useless. This sort of discussion would actually encompass everything about cinquain poetry because the worth of it would be known if every fact about it would be discovered. It's origin must be known. It must be known why poets had to write cinquain poems. Whether the class would end up concluding that cinquain poetry is useful or not, they would have a good knowledge of what cinquain poetry is all about.
Below are sample guidelines in implementing the sort of discussion I'm talking about:
1) Present examples of cinquain poems. Ask students if they find the poems you presented familiar to them. Can they tell what form of poetry was used? Do they know how to write one? Did they ever write one?
2) Ask each student whether he thinks that such poems are useful or not. Encourage them to be honest. Encourage them to tell what they truly feel. Show them that you are really considering their opinions. You don't need to agree or disagree with them but you need to show them that their opinions are heard. Discuss a particular opinion if needed.
3) Ask them what they think were the reasons why poets wrote cinquain poems. Did poets made money out of it? Did they write merely because of vanity? You may want to discuss the origin and history of cinquain poetry while they express their opinions. Discuss the etymology of the word "cinquain" and other facets which students may find interesting or facets which they may need in formulating their statements.
4) If you want them to write cinquain poems, I suggest that you require only one poem for each student to write. Tell your students that they must have purposes in writing or else writing would be difficult. If possible, discuss every poem your students wrote to show them that their work is valued.
Examples Of Cinquain Poems
Below are my cinquain poems which you may use in your discussion but I suggest you write your own.
The Feast
Millennium
Fallen angels are bound
A foretaste of utopia
Freedom
Virtue
Rarely given
Makes charm and beauty vain
Far more worthy than all rubies
A gift
Zeph Agayo is a freelance writer. He's sometimes mistakenly
identified as a Pastor because of his remarkable interest for the
Bible and as a teacher/lawyer because of his teacher/lawyer-like manners.
A sampling of his writing
is the following:
Jesus Christ Farted Too - "I have a question for you. Do you think Christ entered the toilet regularly just like everyone else?" I asked...
Originally published on SearchWarp.com for Zeph Agayo Thursday, March 11, 2010
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