Shape Poems
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Concrete Poems
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Visual Poems
The shape the words form help with the meaning of the poem.
Easter Wings
Lord, who created man in wealth and store,
Though foolishly he lost the same,
Decaying more and more,
Till he became
Most poore:
With thee
O let me rise,
As larks, harmoniously,
And sing this day thy victories:
Then shall the fall further the flight in me.
My tender age in sorrow did beginne:
And still with sicknesses and shame
Thou didst so punish sinne,
That I became
Most thinne.
With thee
Let me combine
And feel this day thy victorie:
For if I imp my wing on thine,
Affliction shall advance the flight in me
By
George Herbert
1593 - 1633
This is considered to be one of the first concrete poems.
If you turn the poem through 90 degrees clockwise, can you see the angels wings?
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