Diamonte
Diamante Poem: a seven lined, diamond shaped poem that involves antonyms.
Antonyms: words that are opposite from each other.
Examples:
-Love/Hate
-Summer/Winter
-Sun/Moon
It would be very cool to do your Diamante poem using a place you live now, and a place you used to live or something relating to your own culture as your antonyms.
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Read Write Think Interactive Activity...must do & Print
Read Write Think Interactive Activity...must do & Print
Concrete Poem
WHAT IS A CONCRETE POEM?
Concrete poetry—sometimes also called ‘shape poetry’—is poetry whose visual appearance matches the topic of the poem. The words form shapes which illustrate the poem’s subject as a picture, as well as through their literal meaning.
This type of poetry has been used for thousands of years, since the ancient Greeks began to enhance the meanings of their poetry by arranging their characters in visually pleasing ways back in the 3rd and 2nd Centuries BC.
Concrete poetry—sometimes also called ‘shape poetry’—is poetry whose visual appearance matches the topic of the poem. The words form shapes which illustrate the poem’s subject as a picture, as well as through their literal meaning.
This type of poetry has been used for thousands of years, since the ancient Greeks began to enhance the meanings of their poetry by arranging their characters in visually pleasing ways back in the 3rd and 2nd Centuries BC.
Assignment: Create a concrete poem
1. Choose type of concrete poem you want to create
2. Choose the subject of your poem: it could be about one of your heroes, someplace you love, your favorite thing, a family member, yourself, really anything that you are passionate about!
3. Create a final draft artwork piece of your poem to display your amazing work!
Types:
Outline Poems: Draw the outline of your picture reflecting your poem in pencil lightly. Write your poem on the inside of the outline of a picture reading from left to right like normal. Then erase the outline. If you can do this without outlining it first, go right ahead :)
You'll have something like this.....
You'll have something like this.....
Drawing Concrete Poem:
The poem is written in different ways on the page to make up the drawing.
For example...
The poem is written in different ways on the page to make up the drawing.
For example...