Post on 03-Jan-2016
St. Robert Catholic High School
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Concrete Poetry
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Origin of Concrete Poetry• Experimental poetry which emerged during the 1950-
1960s and concentrated on the visual appearance of the words on the page.
• It featured new typographical arrangements, shape poems and the use of collage etc.
• It owed much to early figure poems such as The Altar and Easter-Wings by George Herbert.
• The effect of Concrete Poetry is lost when the poem is read aloud.
Information taken from: http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_poetic_terms_c.htm
Characteristics of Concrete Poetry
• poet's intent is conveyed by graphic patterns of letters, words, or symbols rather than by the meaning of words in conventional arrangement.
• concrete poetry is essentially poetry that does not privilege meaning above all
• it does privilege sound and the visual• it uses language not as a conduit but as the content
itself• that is not to deny that there is meaning in form, but
that meaning is not presented in a linear or narrative• fashion typical of structured sound and language.
Information taken from: http://cjms.fims.uwo.ca/issues/01-01/petrou.pdf & http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9025105/concrete-poetry
Kiteby
Anonymous
Iwish
I were a Kite on high
I could fly up to the skyUp to the blue sky
High as a cloudI wish I were
A kiteHighUpUp
Up Up
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Tieby
Anonymous
IT USED TO BETHE GUY WHO
WORE THETIE
BUT NOWGIRLS BUY
TIES, NOTJUST FOR GUYS
FOR THEMSELVESTHEY BUY TIES WITH
POLKA DOTS, TIES WITHSPOTS, TIES WITH POP ART
TIES WITH WORDS ON THEM, TIES WITH ABIRTHSTONE, TIESWITH PICTURES,
STRIPES AND CHECKS.
TIES
Now, Select any solid object and create your own concrete poem.