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1 The Poetry Object | The Red Room Company | www.redroomcompany.org The Diamante Poem A diamante has seven lines that describe a person or an object in a special way. If students centre the poem they can see that the diamante takes on the shape of a diamond. The “word” diamante is Italian for diamond. Example: Diamond hard, bright sparkling, glittering, reflecting love, happiness, ring, wedding caring, loving, lasting pretty, precious gem Structure: This type of diamante poem is sometimes known as a synonym diamante poem. A synonym is a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word. The first and last lines of this poem contain synonyms diamond and gem Line 1: one noun or pronoun (name of something) Line 2: two adjectives (describing) Line 3: three participles (“ing” words) Line 4: four nouns (name words) Line 5: three participles or verbs Line 6: two adjectives Line 7: one noun (a synonym for the first line)

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1The Poetry Object | The Red Room Company | www.redroomcompany.org

The Diamante Poem

A diamante has seven lines that describe a person or an object in a special way.

If students centre the poem they can see that the diamante takes on the shape of a diamond.

The “word” diamante is Italian for diamond.

Example:Diamond

hard, brightsparkling, glittering, reflectinglove, happiness, ring, wedding

caring, loving, lastingpretty, precious

gem

Structure:

This type of diamante poem is sometimes known as a synonym diamante poem.

A synonym is a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word.

The first and last lines of this poem contain synonyms diamond and gem

Line 1: one noun or pronoun (name of something)Line 2: two adjectives (describing)Line 3: three participles (“ing” words)Line 4: four nouns (name words)Line 5: three participles or verbsLine 6: two adjectivesLine 7: one noun (a synonym for the first line)

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____________(noun)

_____________ ______________(adjective 1) (adjective 2)

______________ _____________ _____________(-ing verb 1) (-ing verb 2) (-ing verb 3)

____________________ ____________________ (noun 1) (noun 2)

_____________________ _____________________(noun 3) (noun 4)

______________ _____________ _____________(-ing verb) (-ing verb) (-ing verb)

_____________ ______________(adjective 3) (adjective 4)

______________(noun)

synonym

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