User:Grika/Emblematic Poetry

Emblematic Poetry is the Victorian Era term for two kinds of poetry: 1. verses printed in a specific shape (Concrete Poetry, Micrography or Calligram); and 2. poetry where some words are replaced with letters or images that represent sounds.

An example of the first is the poem "Easter Wings" by George Herbert.

An example of the second meaning is a poem containing the following from Charles C Bombaugh:

Sometimes, letters that together represented a word were kept together as with modern internet/chat slang: