5/10/2023 0 Comments Wet Cement by Bob Raczka![]() ![]() ![]() Then display the concrete poem and talk to students about how the poem sounds, looks, and/or feels different when they are viewing it rather than just listening. Choose a poem to read aloud before showing students the word art created by author Bob Raczka. For this primary source pairing, invite students to analyze the poems themselves. When the words themselves shape the poem, a poetic and visual combination creates a reading adventure. Concrete poems are written in a way where the words and the shapes or the poem’s art match the meaning the words convey. ![]() But by using the arrangement of the words on the page to convey the meaning of the poem, concrete or shape poems are also easy to write!Īs a reader of a concrete poem, you are also simultaneously visually analyzing the poem. Concrete poetry is a perennially popular poetic form because they are fun to look at. Who says words need to be concrete? This collection shapes of poems do in surprising and delightful ways. ![]()
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