Concrete poetry, also known as shape poetry, is a type of poetry that uses some sort of visual presentation to enhance the effect of the poem on the reader. While the words, writing style, and literary devices all impact the meaning of the poem, the physical shape the poem takes is also of significance.

From Ezra Pound to E.E. Cummings, many famous poets have written poems that depict the significance of the words in a visual way. Visual poetry has been around for quite some time. The famed children's author Lewis Carroll wrote a short poem called "The Mouse's Tale," which was written in the shape of (you guessed it), a mouse's tail.

Following, you'll find some famous, and other not-so-famous, examples of concrete poems.

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