So called "experiments in patterns in
sound."
Theoretically, they are
supposed to be roughly
equivalent to the
colors,
shapes, and
designs that are not in
reality, it's the
words that are the
important parts of the
poem. Ex. from
Dame Edith Sitwell:
Nobody comes to give him the [rum} but the
Rim of the sky hippopotamus-glum
The sound of the words are more important than the meaning of the words.
The forms of poetry.