Language Arts Activities

Manduca Poetry

by

Irma G.Lopez - Tucson,Arizona

Cinquain

Cinquains have five lines. In some ways, cinquains are similar to haiku and are often about nature, but they may be written about other topics too. This type of poetry does not rhyme.

Cinquain Patterns

2-4-6-8-2	1-2-3-4-1
Two syllables	One word	Noun
Four syllables	Two words	Two adjectives
Six syllables	Three words	Three words ending in -ing
Eight syllables	Four words	A phrase
Two syllables	One word	Another word for the noun

Examples

Larvae

Eating green leaves

Growing larger each day

Will soon turn into a pupa

And moth.

Caterpillar

Eats voraciously

Likes tomato leaves

Going through a metamorphosis

Manduca.

Caterpillar

Green, fat

Eating, munching, growing

It clings and feeds on tomato leaves

Manduca.

Haiku

Haiku is an ancient poetry style that originated in Japan. A haiku is short, but it does two things:

• It often describes a natural object;
• It includes a second image or an insight that gives energy to the first image

Haiku pattern

There are seventeen syllables in haiku. ( 5 - 7 - 5) The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has seven syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables.

Examples

Manduca sexta
   Egg, larva, pupa and moth
       Metamorphosis.

Upon a green leaf
   Greedily feeding on it
      A caterpillar.

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