MISCELLANEA

EVE: a diamante

EVE: a diamante

Eve.
Shy, delicate;
Smiling, crying, loving.
Care, guile, courage, trepidation;
Bewitching, captivating, entrapping;
Mother, beloved,
Woman.

· A diamante is a contrast poem consisting of 7 lines with variable number of words designed to give it a diamond shape. The word scheme is as follows

Line 1 - noun or subject
Line 2 - two adjectives describing the noun/subject
Line 3 - three words ending in "ing", relating to the noun/subject
Line 4 - two words describing the noun/subject and two words describing the synonym/antonym in the last line.
Line 5 - three words ending in "ing", describing the antonym/synonym in the last line.
Line 6 - two adjectives describing the antonym/synonym in the last line.
Line 7 - antonym or synonym of first line.


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M C Gupta
8 January 2006