Repetition, echo, or sonic correspondence obvious to eye on printed page and immediately audible to ear, not requiring close analysis to perceive. Manifest rather than subtle, such patterns announce themselves through typography, layout, or obvious recurrence. Concrete poetry often employs visible sound patterns where visual arrangement reinforces or creates sonic effects. Refrains, anaphora, and other explicit repetitions create visible sound patterns. Distinguishes itself from hidden sonic relationships requiring careful attention by being immediately, obviously perceptible.

This includes obvious repetition like refrains and anaphora, typographic arrangements creating visual patterns, and concrete poetry where layout reinforces meaning. Distinguished from subtle sonic relationships requiring close reading, visible sound patterns announce themselves immediately. When analyzing, consider how visual arrangement on page interacts with sonic effects when read aloud. Gertrude Stein's repetitions create visible patterns, as does concrete poetry arranging words spatially. Modern digital poetry extends this by incorporating animation or interactive elements. Understanding visible sound patterns helps appreciate how poetry exists both as visual text and performed sound.