Purpose of Constraints:

1. Foster Creativity: Constraints force writers to innovate within limits, often leading to unexpected and powerful results.
2. Enhance Discipline: They encourage precision and attention to detail.
3. Shape Artistic Identity: Constraints help define the uniqueness of a literary or poetic form.
4. Challenge and Engage: They mentally challenge both writers and readers, enriching the creative experience.
   For example, writers in the Oulipo movement explore mathematical and structural constraints to create inventive literary works, demonstrating how limitations can lead to boundless creativity.

A Constraint can Be by a specific number of syllables:
1. Monosyllable (One syllable): Words with a single syllable.
◦ Examples: cat, dog, bright, sing, blue.
2. Disyllable (Two syllables): Words with two syllables.
◦ Examples: table, happy, running, music, sunset.
3. Trisyllable (Three syllables): Words with three syllables.
◦ Examples: beautiful, melody, quietly, holiday, elephant.
4. Polysyllable (Four or more syllables): Words with four or more syllables.
◦ Examples: unbelievable, imagination, extraordinary, celebration.
The constraint created could be to only use words of a specific syllable amount or a specific syllable pattern.
Another constraint idea may be to write a poem based on constraints of syllable types.
By Syllable Type:
1. Closed Syllable: Ends in a consonant; the vowel is short.
◦ Examples: cat, sit, duck, pocket, picnic.
2. Open Syllable: Ends in a vowel; the vowel sound is long.
◦ Examples: go, she, hi, baby.
3. Vowel-Consonant-E (VCE or Magic E): Ends with a vowel, a consonant, and a silent e; the preceding vowel sound is long.
◦ Examples: make, bike, hope, cute, theme.
4. Vowel Team: Two or more vowels work together to make a single sound.
◦ Examples: boat, rain, soup, green, bread.

5. Consonant-le: Found at the end of a word; the le creates its own syllable.
    ◦ Examples: apple, candle, bubble, little, simple.
6. R-Controlled (Bossy R): The vowel is followed by an r, which alters the vowel sound.
    ◦ Examples: car, bird, star, turtle, corner.
Basic definitions can help you create your own constraints as they allow you to break down the structure of words. You could write a poem in which the words have at least two syllables, the first is an open syllable, followed by a  syllable that is r-controlled.