Star-pattern form is a poetic structure where lines or words are arranged visually to resemble a star, with text radiating from a center point or distributed in stellar patterns. This concrete poetry technique uses visual shape as part of meaning, making the poem's form embody or reinforce its content. Star-pattern form is particularly appropriate for poems about stars, cosmology, radiance, or themes of centrality and radiation. The visual impact contributes to reader experience and interpretation, creating a work that functions simultaneously as text and image, where the reading path and visual perception interact to create meaning.

Star-pattern form|A poetic form arranged visually like a star or radiating structure; emphasises symmetry and radiance.