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Cinaquin (Pronounced - 'Sin-cane'): Cinaquin is a form of poetry that is popular because of its simplicity. This form of poetry originated in the United States over a century ago. There are different ways to write a cinaquin. Cinaquins do not need to rhyme. But you can include rhymes if you wish to.

Study the format given below and the sample poems before you start writing your poem. Share it with the class.

Line 1 : One word - State the topic

Line 2 : Two words - Use Adjectives to describe the topic

Line 3 : Three words -Use words expressing action

Line 4 : Four words - Using a phrase / words expressing feeling or describing

Line 5 : One word - Synonym of title or summing up

Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow:

‘I bless my nature that I am

Allied to all the bliss,

Which other worlds we're told afford,

But which I find in this.’

(i) What is the 'bliss' referred to here?

(ii) In what way is the poet allied to the bliss?

(iii) According to the poet, where else is one likely to find such bliss?

Based on your understanding of the two poems in the unit, write an article on the topic "Nature is to be experienced and not merely seen", in about 80-100 words.

Listen to a reading of Stanza IV of Wordsworth's poem, 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud'

"For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils."

Based on your understanding of the above lines, discuss the similarity in the thought processes of William Wordsworth and Henry Derozio.