Alankar(Decor) -204 Poem by Indira Renganathan

Library(Dimond Poem)

The Diamante or Diamond Poem is a contrast verse form.

The verse is written from the outside in.
The first and last lines are nouns that are opposites or antonyms.
The interior of the poem expands on the two nouns and at the center joins them in shared likeness.

The Diamante or Diamond Poem is:
a heptastich, (7 lines) .
often a shape poem, the poem when centered on the page creates the outline of a diamond.
unmetered. The measure of the line is the words used.
L1 - a noun which is the opposite of the noun used in L7
L2 - 2 adjectives that describe L1
L3 - 3 verbs (present participle) that describe what L1 does
L4 - 4 nouns that are related to both L1 and L7 or nouns that both have in common
L5 - 3 verbs (present participle) that describe what L7 does
L6 - 2 adjectives that describe L7
L7 - a noun which is the opposite (antonym) of the noun used in L1

Library

Library
Public, central
Reading, referring, learning
Horns, smokers, stinks, disturbance
Distracting, irritating, spoiling,
Crowded, cluttered
Bus stand