Poems use language to share thoughts, feelings, and memories. When you write poetry, choose each word carefully. Think about the sounds and beats of words.
• Some poems rhyme. Rhyming words end with the same sound.
• Sometimes other letter sounds are repeated in a poem. Alliteration is when the first sound in a poem repeats. Can you find the alliteration in line 2 of the diamante poem?
• Words in poems have rhythm, just like the beats in music. Rhythm is the beat of the words in a poem.
Some poems have special rules for words, syllables, rhythm and rhyme. Diamante poems even have special rules for the shape of the writing! A diamante poem uses nouns, adjectives, and verbs to compare two different objects. Each line uses a certain type of word. It only has 9 words.