Learning With My Grand-daughter!
My granddaughter of Grade 4 studying in Singapore is teaching me a type of poem called Diamante. It is an unrhymed seven-line poem, shaped like a diamond when you write them down. Diamante is the Italian word for diamond.
Here is a little diamante that I created as part of the learning activities. The theme is the New Year, which many Indians as well as our neighbors are celebrating, today. The diverse cultures of our country celebrate:
There are two different types of diamantes: Synonym diamante has first and last lines meaning the same thing while Antonym diamante ends with a noun that is opposite to the noun on the first line.
Here is a little diamante that I created as part of the learning activities. The theme is the New Year, which many Indians as well as our neighbors are celebrating, today. The diverse cultures of our country celebrate:
- Vishu in Kerala
- Puthandu in Tamil Nadu
- Yugadi in Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
- Maithili in Bihar, Jharkhand
- Pohela Boishakh in West Bengal
- Bohag Bihu in Assam
- Baisakhi in Punjab
- Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra
While our neighbors have:
- Sambat in Nepal
- Pohela Boishakh in Bangaladesh
- Aluth Avurudda in Sri Lanka
- Thingyan in Myanmar
- Pi Mai or Songkran in Laos
- Choul Chnam Thmey in Cambodia
- Songkran in Thailand.
The diamante style poetry was invented by American poet Iris Tiedt in 1969 to make poem writing easy for kids.
The seven lines have 1 Noun each in the first and last lines, 2 adjectives in the second and sixth lines, 3 Verbs in the third and fifth lines, and 4 Nouns in the fourth middle line.
There are two different types of diamantes: Synonym diamante has first and last lines meaning the same thing while Antonym diamante ends with a noun that is opposite to the noun on the first line.
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