Three Visual Poets: Cobbing, Solt, and Bernstein

In spite of the difficulty of giving an accurate definition, visual poetry can be defined as a kind of poetry in which the poet's major concern is to rearrange text, images, and symbols in order to convey the intending meaning of his literary work. Moreover, it is known poetry which is meant to be consciously seen. Visual poetry is also inter-media between poetry and painting. It is a mixture between two different kinds of art. Some scholars considered some visual poems as a kind of de-aestheticizingas they lack the traditional standards of both literature and language. However, these poems have a figurative meaning to express a certain philosophy.The visual poet's major concern is to rearrange text, images, and symbols in order to make his poem seen not read so the visual poet uses certain techniques to visualize the text. According to the techniques used by the visual poet, the study shows that visual poetry can be divided into three types: Concrete Poetry, Visual poetry, and the new form of visual poetry which depends on modern technology such as taking a photo, then commenting on it in a poetic language.

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