Calligram¶

calligram · visual · catalogued

A poem whose lines are arranged to draw the shape of the thing it describes.

Provenance¶

Source: Guillaume Apollinaire, Calligrammes (1918)
Attribution: primary — a named author, work and year this catalogue stands behind
Checkability: none — no computable acceptance criterion exists
Attested: author-stated — the originator set this rule down

Details¶

Kind: constructive
Languages: en
Requires: tokens
Deterministic: no
In other languages: Kalligramm (de), Calligramme (fr)

Prompt hint¶

Arrange the lines on the page so they draw the shape of the subject.

Why this has no checker¶

This procedure has no computable acceptance criterion, so it will never be implemented. It is catalogued because the form belongs in an honest survey of the field, and denckring status counts it separately rather than reporting a gap that cannot close.