A diamante poem is shaped like a diamond, a diamante consists of 7 lines with a prescribed structure for each line.
Line 1 – Noun
Line 2 – Adjective Adjective
Line 3 – Verb Verb Verb
Line 4 – Four Words – 2 describing Line 1 noun and 2 describing Line 7 noun
Line 5 – Verb Verb Verb
Line 6 – Adjective Adjective
Line 7 – Noun
Student diamante poem from the 2011 Young American Poetry Digest
Winter
Cold windy
Sledding skating skiing
Ice snow rain puddles
Playing skipping running
Sunny warm
Spring
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Diamante Poetry Resources
Online Tool for Creating a Diamante