Diamante Poetry

The Rules of a Diamante

There are just a few rules to writing a diamante:

1. Diamantes are seven lines long.

2. The first and last lines have just one word.
   The second and sixth lines have two words.
   The third and fifth lines have three words.
   And the fourth line has four words.

3. Lines 1, 4, and 7 have nouns.
   Lines 2 and 6 have adjectives.
   Lines 3 and 5 have verbs.

Here’s an easy way to visualize all three rules:

Noun

Adjective, Adjective

Verb, Verb, Verb

Noun, Noun, Noun, Noun

Verb, Verb, Verb

Adjective, Adjective

Noun

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