Sunday 21 August 2011

Lyrical Sunday WK28- Diamante Poem




Thanks as always to Sarah and the girls for hosting Lyrical Sunday.
A Diamante Poem is a shape poem structured like such:
 1 noun. The topic or theme of the poem (and, the opposite of line 8).
 2 adjectives. They describe the noun in line 1.
 3 gerunds (verb + ing). They describe the noun in line 1.
 4 nouns: two nouns related to line 1 and two nounsrelated to line 8.
 3 gerunds (verb + ing). They describe the noun in line 8..
 2 adjectives. They describe the noun in line 8.
 1 noun. This is an antonym (opposite) for the noun in line 1.










rocks
solid, ancient
eroding, protecting, damaging
building foundation, builder's tool
cushioning, creeping, mixing
coarse, crushed
sand
©LJ 2011


snow
icy, barren
soaking, freezing, chilling
crystal stars, wooden consumer
warming, caressing, saving
flickers, consumes
fire

©LJ 2011

3 comments:

  1. Wonderful! I really enjoyed playing around with these. Like both of these poems very much - they conjour up alot of pictures and feelings.

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  2. Beautiful...I wish I had your snow right now!
    Best,
    Tina

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