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Emblematic Poetry is the Victorian Era term for two kinds of poetry: 1. verses printed in a specific shape (Concrete Poetry, Micrography or Calligram); and 2. poetry where some words are replaced with letters or images that represent sounds.
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An example of the first is the poem "Easter Wings" by George Herbert.
An example of the second meaning is a poem containing the following from Charles C Bombaugh:
He says he loves U 2 X S, | He says he love you to excess |
U R virtuous and Y's, | You are virtuous and wise, |
In X L N C U X L | In excellency you excel |
All others in his i's. | All others in his eyes. |
Sometimes, letters that together represented a word were kept together as with modern internet/chat slang:
Fair LN G | Fair Ellen Gee |
In Funeral RA, | In funeral array, |
A clay-cold corse doom'd to B, | A clay-cold course doom'd to be, |
Whilst I mourn her DK. | Whilst I morn her decay. |
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