pattern poetry
OAB Definition
visual poetry created before 1900 in which the letters, words or lines are arrayed to make up visual images.
Most pattern poems are shape poetry with the notable exception of labyrinths.
Pattern poetry was developed separately in many civilizations across the world.
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Additional Resources
- Higgins, Dick. Pattern Poetry: Guide to an Unknown Literature. State University of New York Press, Albany, 1987.
- https://www.britannica.com/art/pattern-poetry
- https://sunypress.edu/Books/P/Pattern-Poetry
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/1773030
- https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/visiblelanguage/pdf/20.1/the-labyrinth-poem.pdf