Poetry – Diamante Mme DiMarco

 You will be expected to submit an anthology of poems as well as a critique of a poem and your author introduction. The anthology will consist of… Found poetry Haiku Cinquain 4.Diamante 5.Analysis At the end of this unit..

 Diamante poem: a style of poetry that is made up of seven lines that form the shape of a diamond  Similar to haiku and cinquain, a diamante poem has a specific pattern of syllables, lines and grammar. Diamante Poetry – What is it??

 The poem can be used in two ways… 1.Comparing and contrasting two different subjects 1.Naming synonyms at the beginning of the poem and then antonyms for the second half for a subject. Description

 Synonyms: words that have the same or very similar meaning. For example, a synonym for jump is hop  Antonyms: words that have opposite meanings. For example, the antonym of long is short.  Adjectives: words that describe or modify a noun in a sentence. For example, the big cat. Where big is the adjective  Adverb: words that describe or modify a verb in a sentence. For example, he ran fast. Where fast is the adverb  Noun: a person, place or thing Examples: Mme DiMarco, Toronto and the CN Tower are all nouns. Recall that…

 Line 1: 1 noun - beginning subject  Line 2: 2 adjectives – describing line 1  Line 3: 3 verbs (-ing words) – describing line 1  Line 4: 4 nouns – first two describe the beginning subject, last two describe the end subject  Line 5: 3 verbs (-ing words) – describing line 7  Line 6: 2 adjectives – describing line 7  Line 7: 1 noun - end subject Structure

Noun 1 Adjective-Adjective (noun 1) Verb-Verb-Verb (noun 1) Noun-Noun-Noun-Noun (noun 1, noun 2) Verb-Verb-Verb (noun 2) Adjective-Adjective (noun 2) Noun 2 Structure

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3

 Work on your own diamante poem  Once you have completed your rough copy, start on your good copy. This is the last created poem for your anthology Your turn!