Carmen figuratum is a poem that has a certain shape or pattern formed either by all the words it contains or just by certain ones therein. An example is France Prešeren

France Prešeren

France Prešeren was a Slovene Romantic poet. He is considered the Slovene national poet. Although he was not a particularly prolific author, he inspired virtually all Slovene literature thereafter....

's Zdravljica

Zdravljica

Zdravljica or Zdravica, written in 1844, is a poem by the Slovene Romantic poet France Prešeren, considered the national poet of Slovenes. Since 27 September 1989, its 7th stanza has been the national anthem of Slovenia....

, where the shape of each stanza resembles a wine cup.
The term derives from the carmina figurata

Carmina figurata

Carmen figuratum is a poem that has a certain shape or pattern formed either by all the words it contains or just by certain ones therein...

of Renaissance texts - works in which a sacred image was picked out in red letters against a field of black type so that a holy figure could be seen and meditated on during the process of reading.