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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.
 
Line 1: Noun or subject
Line 2: Two Adjectives describing the first noun/subect
Line 3: Three -ing words describing the first noun/subect
Line 4: Four words: two about the first noun/subect, 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

 

Example:
                   Rain
              humid, damp
     refreshing, dripping, splattering
       wet, slippery, cold, slushy
       sliding, melting, freezing
                frigid, icy
                   Snow