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A Cinquain Poem
Little Poems
: Taxes by Treischel



Taxes
Duty bound fee
The curse upon my purse
Stuck, while congress passes the buck
Taxes



Author Notes
Doing my Taxes today.

This poem is a Cinquain.
A cinquain is written using a pattern. "Cinq" [pronounced SINK] is French for the number 5. This type of poem only has five lines. Each line follows a specific pattern.

There are many ways to write this type of poetry. The traditional cinquain, as developed by Adelaide Crapsey, has five lines and a strict structure based on syllable count.
Line 1: Two syllables
Line 2: Four syllables
Line 3: Six syllables
Line 4: Eight syllables
Line 5: Two syllables

The artwork in from Microsoft ClipArt

     

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