Diamante-Lesson 9

**fennywest** Thu 03 Nov 2011, 11:46 pm

Lesson 9
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 forth 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
God
Diamante

God
Good, love
Loving, understanding, compelling
Great, glorious, wonderful, excellent
Refreshing, rejuvenating, enlivening
Powerful, merciful
Lord

Jesus
Compassionate, beautiful
Saving, Empowering, healing
Wise, Victorious, incredible, magnificent
Liberating, anointing, conquering
Holy, righteous
Shepherd.

Comforter
Guide Standby
Teaching, directing, equipping
Advocate, Attorney, intercessor, strengthener
Commissioning, Reminding, illuminating
Gentle, humble
Spirit

©Fenny West