Shape or Concrete Poetry

bySanthini Govindan

Poems can be written in myriad ways, using various literary devices and rhyme schemes. Poetry is yet another way of examining and expressing feelings and emotions by reflecting on one’s own experiences. More importantly, reading and writing poems help with language development, creative thinking, writing skills, self-expression and proficiency in the use of natural rhythms in the real world.

Most poems are a collection of words that use sound and imagery to convey an idea. Shape poems, also called concrete or pattern poetry, are poems where the shape or the visual appearance of the words of the poem, as arranged on a page, matches the subject of the poem. The words illustrate the poem�