LOVE AND HATE

A diamante poem on love and hate

love
natural, heavenly
consuming, engaging, adoring
blissful, affection, evil, abhorrence
dividing, loathing, despising
animosity, detestation
hate

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.


From: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/diamante.html