10 Days of Poetry

Diamonte:
The French word diamont means diamond. A Diamonte poem is a seven-line poem that gradually changes from one idea to a direct opposite idea. When it is completed, its total appearance is diamond shaped.

There are two patterns you can follow in writing a diamonte.

Pattern #1:
Line 1= noun
Line 2= adjective, adjective
Line 3= verb, verb, verb
Line 4= noun, noun, noun, noun
Line 5= verb, verb, verb
Line 6= adjective, adjective
Line 7= noun

Pattern #2:
Line 1= opposite of line 7
Line 2= describe line 1
Line 3= Action about line 1
Line 4= 2 nouns about line 1, two nouns about line 7
Line 5= action about line 7
Line 6= describe line 7
Line 7= opposite of line 1

Student example:

Love

Bright, Passionate

Charming, Drifting, Growing

Cherish, Infatuation, Antipathy, Uncaring

Animosity, Falling, Dead

Dark, Disgust

Hate