Betelgeuse

Collection of cinquains.

[Cinquain]

- An unrhymed, five-line poetic form defined by the number of syllables in each line-the first line has two syllables, the second has four, the third six, the fourth eight, and the fifth two.

Line 1: Two syllables (a noun, the subject of the poem)
Line 2: Four syllables (adjectives that describe the subject in line 1)
Line 3: Six syllables (-ing action verbs-participles-that relate to the subject in line 1)
Line 4: Eight syllables (a phrase or sentence that relates feelings about the subject in line 1)
Line 5: Two syllables (a synonym for the subject in line 1 or a word that sums it up)

Alternative Line 5 for older poets: Five words (a phrase or sentence that further relates feelings about the subject in line 1)