So Many Forms, So Little Time (PE 2011)

Week 13 -A Diamante

Human Spirit (A Diamante, Wk 13)  (E) Freedom/Self-Determination: Needful things of the spirit. Poetic Explorations, Wk 13 #1767944 by SWPoet

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Diamante
: A Diamante is a seven-lined contrast poem set up in a diamond shape.  The first line begins with a noun/subject, and second line contains two adjectives that describe the beginning noun.  The third line contains three words ending in -ing relating to the noun/subject. The fourth line contains two words that describe the noun/subject and two that describe the closing synonym/antonym.  If using an antonym for the ending, this is where the shift should occur.  In the fifth line are three more -ing words describing the ending antonym/synonym, and the sixth are two more adjectives describing the ending antonym/synonym.  The last line ends with the first noun's antonym or synonym.

To make it a bit simpler, here is a diagram.

Line 1: Noun or subject
Line 2: Two Adjectives describing the first noun/subject
Line 3: Three -ing words describing the first noun/subject
Line 4: Four words: two about the first noun/subject, two about the antonym/synonym
Line 5: Three -ing words about the antonym/synonym
Line 6: Two adjectives describing the antonym/synonym
Line 7: Antonym/synonym for the subject

From: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/diamante.html