This post by guest blogger, Ebony is a cross posting from 'Diamante Poem' on her blogfolio.On Friday we learnt about Diamante Poems.
A diamante poem is a poem that follows certain rules.
On the first line you have one noun,
on the second line you have two adjectives,
on the third are three verbs ending in -ing,
on the fourth line you have four nouns or a short phrase,
on the fifth line you have three more verbs ending in -ing,
on the sixth line are two adjectives and
on the last line, you're back to one noun.
There are two types of Diamante poems - synonym where the two nouns mean the same thing and an antonym, where the two nouns are opposites.
I did a Synonym poem, and my Synonym poem topic was Monsters. On the bottom you have to choose a topic that is the same. I did creature. So did the rest of the class. Here is one that I did.
Monsters
scary,weird,
roaring,stomping,hiding
scares people in there dreams
crawling,creeping,annoying
big,hairy,
creature
And heres the Antonym poem that I did.
puppy
playful,cute,
jumping,digging,barking
loves playing around house
meowing,sleeping,yawning
loud,soft
kittens
Have you ever written a Diamante poem before?
What might you write about?
If you'd like to try writing Diamante poems, head over to Read, Write, Think.
by guest blogger,
Ebony
