Viability of synonym diamante poems in making disciplinary studies multiple-intelligence based

A synonym diamante poem is a seven-line non-rhyming but rhythmic poem (non-poem) that makes use of synonyms - the words having the same or nearly the same meaning as concept label word. The creation and rendering of such poems leads to enhancement of deeper understanding of the concepts along with development of verbal-linguistic and rhythmic intelligence of an individual. Writing of such poems requires the language skills related to parts of speech and creativity as a part of recitation practice and rendering with confidence.

As the name indicates that it a diamond shaped poem (Italian word diamante means diamond) in which the first and last lines have just one word, while the second and sixth lines have two words; and the third and fifth lines have three words. The diamante poem originated in 1969 and was created by an American educator and poet.

If one goes by grammatical structure, a diamante poem has 16 words in all in which the lines 1, 4, and 7 have nouns; while lines 2 and 6 have adjectives; and lines 3 and 5 have verbs. The line-wise structure of diamante is as follows.

1. NOUN (1)

2. ADJECTIVES (2)

3. VERBS (3)

4. NOUNS (4)

5. VERBS (3)

6. ADJECTIVES (2)

7. NOUN (1)

The practice of writing and reciting diamante poems in disciplinary studies of various subjects is viable because of the their factual, limited and specific vocabulary. Furthermore, it much easier than writing a literature based sonnets or sestinas which allow use of flight of imagination and multiple language arts.