Diamante Poetry
4th Grade
Diamante Poetry
• Diamante poems derive their name from the
Italian word for diamond.
• They are diamond-shaped poems with 7 lines.
• They do not have to rhyme.
• A diamante poem uses specific types of words
such as gerunds (-ing), adjectives, and nouns.
• It can be about one topic, but most commonly, it
contains two opposite topics.
Prewriting
• Start by brainstorming a topic and
then think of the opposite.
• Place the topics in your graphic
organizer.
• Then fill up the organizer using
adjectives, gerunds and nouns that
are all synonyms of the two topics.
Graphic Organizer
Example
Seasons
Winter
Rainy, cold
Skiing, skating, sledding
Mountains, wind, breeze, ocean
Swimming, surfing, scuba diving
Sunny, hot
Summer
•
Opp-Beckman, L. (2003). Pizzaz! Diamonte Poems. Retrieved April 10, 2007
from Pizzaz! People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling.
Website: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/diamantes.html
Example
square
symmetrical, conventional
shaping, measuring, balancing
boxes, rooms, clocks, halos
encircling, circumnavigating, enclosing
round, continuous
circle
N.A. (n.d.) Teachers Guided Activities. Retrieved April 14, 2007, from Las
Angeles County Office of Education. Web site:
http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/KodaysKids/Diamante.htm
l
Diamante Poetry
• A diamante is…
– a poem that is seven lines long
– it is written in a diamond shape
– it follows a specific pattern using parts of
speech to describe either synonyms or
antonyms (typically antonyms)
– the end result is either contrasting or
comparing two words in the form of poetry
Line 1:
______________
one word
(subject/noun that is contrasting to line 7)
Line 2:
______________ ____________
two words
(adjectives) that describe line 1
Line 3:
______________ _____________ _____________
three words
(action verbs) that relate to line 1
Line 4:
______________ _____________ _____________ ____________
four words (nouns)
first 2 words relate to line 1
last 2 words relate to line 7
Line 5:
______________ _____________ _____________
three words
(action verbs) that relate to line 7
Line 6:
______________ ____________
two words
(adjectives) that describe line 7
Line 7:
______________ ____________
one word
( subject/noun that is contrasting to line 1)