What Is a Cinquain? What Is a Couplet?

Dad and Sister Seele,

You wanted to know what cinquains and couplets are. I will tell you.

A couplet is basicly two lines that rhyme and have the same rythm. For example:
If your first line has 5 sylables and the last word is tree, then your second line has to have 5 sylables with the last word rhyming with the word tree.

A cinquain is a poem that always has 5 lines. These are the 5 lines:
Line 1--Title (one noun)
Line 2--Description about the title (two adjectives)
Line 3--An action about the title (three verbs)
Line 4--A feeling about the title (a four-word phrase)
Line 5--Another word for the title (one-word synonym)

A CINQUAIN DOES NOT HAVE TO RHYME!

An Alliteration for Aunt Darcee

Friendly fingers flourish feathery frantic familliar famous fountains.

There you are, Aunt Darcee! An alliteration just for you!

The Biography of Papa

Have you heard of any boys who were born in Preston, Idaho and had 6 sisters and 4 brothers? Well, here is the story of one. He is my own grandfather. I call him Papa.

Papa has lived in Preston, Idaho all his life, except, on trips, his mission, college, and when he was training to be in the army.

He has been to lots of different countries. He has been to Germany, Holland, France, Switzerland, Mexico, and Canada.

When he was in school, he went to Whitney Elementary School, Preston High School, and BYU.

His brothers and sisters are Margene age 69, Mark age 67, Larue is dead, Kent age 60, Sherry age 58, Connie age 56, Karma age 53, Dixie age 52, Kenny age 49, and Dale 47. Papa is 65 years old.

When Papa was little he liked to play basketball, softball, and he liked to water skii.

He likes to watch basketball and football on T.V. He doesn't like any T.V. shows. The last movie he watched was John Adams.

His favorite food is fresh fruit.

His favorite subject in school was science. He was best at math and science at school. After school Papa liked to play outside. His favorite part of school was recess.

The last book he read was The Runaway Jury.

Now you know about Papa, If you want to know any more, ask him!

Cinquains and Couplets

Today I learned about couplets and cinquains. I am homeschooled and my favorite subject is poetry. I have a poetry journal that I put my poetry in. I also put some on this blog, as you can see. I have some couplets and cinquains that I would like to share with you.

CINQUAINS

Honey,

Happy, protective,

Jumping, swinging, loving,

Loves to be carried!

Cat.

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Turkey,

Fat, clumsy,

Gobbling, wobbling, hobbling,

A very clumsy thing!

Thanksgiving Dinner.

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Here's one that I got from a book!

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Pickle

Bumpy, lumpy,

Crunching, munching, lunching,

Cucumbers makin' you pucker,

Gherkin.

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COUPLETS

Snow, snow, when will it snow?

Really, oh really, I don't know.

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One day a big car did beep,

As it climbed up a hill that was very steep.

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A poem, a poem, I cannot write

I tried and tried all through the night.

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Through the door I tossed the ball

And watched it roll right down the hall.

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Up a tree I saw my cat

Put on a funny hat.

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Grasshoppers, spiders, and tiny ants

Like to eat my brother's pants.

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I hope you liked the couplets!

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Well, that's all I have for you. I hope you enjoyed them.

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Alliteration

Here's some tongue twisters that I wrote:

Does detirmined Donald do the dirty dishes daily?

Do drowsy ducks do decayable dishes?

Digesting ducks do dances daily downstairs.

Burping burly Bob butchers buttered bread.

Aching Alligators ate aiding apes.

Creeping catterpillars crunch cosmos casually.

In 1st Nephi, it talks about when Nephi and his brothers get the plates of brass. It is a very neat story. Lehi receives a vision saying that Jerusalem is going to be destroyed and that he must leave. Lehi and his family obey the Lord and leave. Lehi is told that he must send his sons back to Jerusalem to get the plates of brass. Laman goes to Laban, who has the plates and tries to talk him into giving them the plates of brass. Laban says that he won't give them the plates and sends Laman out. Nephi and his brothers go get the riches that they left at their home in Jerusalem and ask Laban, "If we give you these can we have the plates of brass?" Laban says no, and tries to kill them. They escapes just in time! Laman and Lemuel are angry and start hurting Nephi and Sam. An angel appears to them, but after that Laman and Lemuel begin to murmur. Nephi goes back in to Jerusalem, knowing not what he would do. He finds Laban drunk. The Lord tells Nephi to kill Laban and Nephi doesn't want to. Nephi kills Laban and puts on his clothes. He gets the plates of brass from Zoram, Laban's servant, who thought that he was Laban. Nephi's brothers think that Nephi is Laban and start to run away. Nephi calls to them and they descover that Nephi is not Laban. When Zoram discovers that Nephi is not Laban, he starts to run back to Jerusalem, but Nephi calls to him and Zoram comes back to Nephi. Nephi and his brothers return with Zoram and the plates of brass and their family rejoices.

An Adventure with Papa!

Papa, you wanted an adventure with me. Well, here you got it!


When I was 5, Nanna, Papa, and good uncle Jonny lived in Hawaii.

One fine hot summer day I went to visit Papa. He was very happy to see me and I was too.

The next day Papa asked me if I wanted to hike up a volcano.

"All right," I said.

So we started off, climbing and climbing. Soon we reached the top.

Just as we reached the top, THE VOLCANO ERUPTED!! We started running down the volcano! We thought we would never make it! We ran to the beach and jumped in the water! Papa and I swam and we swam across the ocean. We got to California, rented a car, and drove to Colorado.

Papa stayed with us for a few days and then drove to Idaho and lived there.

I missed Papa, but I still got to visit him.

(It was quite an adventure, eventhough it was all a dream.)

THE END