"Concrete Poetry" emerged in Northern Europe and Latin America in the 1950s. The movement sought to bring clarity of composition as it related to the written word. -------- Concrete Poets wrote poems that emphasized both how the poems looked on the page and the meaning they conveyed—a poem about the body in the shape of a body, a poem about a tree in the shape of a tree, etc.Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?Specifically,eliminateIn contrast,eliminateAlso,eliminateFirstly,

Which best describes a concrete poem?A.A poem in which the last letter of a line is the first letter of the nextB.A poem organized on the page to visually represent the contentC.A poem that uses language to mimic sounds related to the contentD.A poem in which the first letters of each line spell out the poem's titleSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Which best explains how concrete poetry emphasizes the relationship between form and content?A.The form on the page literally represents some aspect of what is being said.B.The form of the poem presents a different feeling from the images in it.C.The ideas in the poem are strongly tied to previous well-known poems.D.The content of the poem attracts the reader's attention more than the form.

A basic structural component of a poem

Read the following line from "Shirt":To enter a streetcar, and not eternityWhich best explains what the poet is doing in this line?A.Pointing out the similarities between concrete objectsB.Comparing two abstract ideas in a philosophical systemC.Referring to a complex whole by one of its single partsD.Juxtaposing something concrete with something abstractSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Which aspect of a poem's appearance makes it different from prose?A.Each line contains two or three words at most.B.Lines may be broken before they reach the margin.C.Lines are determined by the margins of the page.D.White space appears at the end of each sentence.