Concrete Cat

“Concrete Cat” is an example of a concrete poem, a poem just giving focus to the physical picture and not the imagination, emotion, and language. This type of poem is written for eyes and not for mind and heart. It does not appeal to the heart because it doesn’t emphasize emotion and thought. It is written in the short form, which is also called “reduced language”. Words do not follow the regular pattern of the poems. Words are scattered in such a way that they form the real portrait of the thing to be expressed by the poem. The chief concern of such a poem is with the physical appearance of poetry- not primarily with ideas or emotions and also not with language as we ordinarily use.


Unlike other poems, the words are arranged in such a way that emotions are kept in a shadow and the real portrait is highlighted. From the words written in different shapes and styles, we understand the poem. The poem creates such a situation that we can see the real picture of the cat immediately after we read the poem. The cats ears are alert which is shown by the capital "A" as eAr and its eyes are wide and open shown by capital Y. The cat tongue is "U"which means it is out from mouth which represents the hungerness of the cat on mouse. He has killed a mouse which can be seen by inverted "Mouse" nearby. We can too  observe the litterbin.

The cats body is striped and tail is long and "U" Shaped. In the poem, the cat is active, Young and strong which is mentioned and described by Dhorti Charles in his poem.

Understanding