Monday 6 January 2014

#31PoeticFormsIn31Days #6Diamante


                            Fish
                      Sleek, quick
        Swimming, seeking, hiding
Ducking in weeds, hunting the shoals
        Spying, smelling, searching
                      Sharp, alert
                           Shark

A diamante poem takes the shape of a diamond when it is written down.  It is 7 lines long with the following set form:

Line 1: First subject
Line 2: 2 adjectives about subject 1
Line 3: 3 verbs about subject 1
Line 4: 3 words about subject 1 then 3 words about subject 2
Line 5: 3 verbs about subject 2
Line 6: 2 adjectives about subject 2
Line 7: Second subject

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