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. <br /> <br /> <br />......................Civilized <br />............educated, governed <br />.....warring, fearing, defending <br />human, historic, prehistoric, human <br />.....warring, fearing, defending <br />.....ungoverned, knowledgeable <br />....................Uncivilized <br /> <br /> <br />.......................Legal <br />.............endowed, stamped <br />.....working, contributing, caring <br />..taxed, accepted, rejected, taxed <br />.....working, contributing, caring <br />.......undocumented, endowed <br />.......................Illegal <br /> <br />................................Tame <br />...................confined, protected <br />............obeying, serving, comforting <br />companionable, neutered, generative, unsociable <br />.......threatening, wandering, fascinating <br />.......................endangered, free <br />.................................Wild<br /><br />Ben Gieske<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/diamente-poetic-form-3-poems/
