calligrams. in 1918 french poet guillaume apollinaire published a book of poems that did not look...
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Calligrams
Calligrams
• In 1918 French poet Guillaume Apollinaire published a book of poems that did not look like poems.
Calligrams
• He named the book Calligrammes which means "beautiful writing".
• He used words and lines to form his poems. Sometimes the shape related to the subject of the poem.
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• The calligram style of poem was written before then.
• It was called "shaped poetry" or "pattern poetry
Word Art can be used to draw calligrams…
You could make the word shiver tremble!
Fat could be the word fat looking fat!
Or thin looking thin!
Now you try writing a calligram in your books
• Use crayons to neatly colour it
Suggested words for calligrams
• ghost
• rainbow
• giant
• spooky
• growth
• bubble
Or perhaps……
• shaky• circle • rain • spin• small • stairs • Slide
Remember you can change one letter at a time or the whole word