Poetic Form
Visual Poetry
Includes concrete poetry, calligrammes, and spatial poetry. Bridges poetry and visual art; origins in classical Greek technopaignia (pattern poems) and George Herbert's altar- and wing-shaped poems.
Definition
Poetry in which the visual shape, layout, or typography of the text on the page contributes essentially to meaning.
Example
e.e. cummings' 'l(a' — the word 'leaf' inserted within 'loneliness' to enact falling isolation typographically.