An Analysis of Three Language Poetic Modes: Vibration Poetry, Black Text, and Supra-White Poetry Based on Rubinson’s Three-Fold Mode

Moshfegh, Leyla; Khodayar, Ebrahim; Torki, Mohammadrreza

doi:10.30465/copl.2026.53060.4334

An Analysis of Three Language Poetic Modes: Vibration Poetry, Black Text, and Supra-White Poetry Based on Rubinson’s Three-Fold Mode

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Leyla Moshfegh ¹

Ebrahim Khodayar ²

Mohammadrreza Torki ³

¹ دانشجو

² Faculty of Literature and Humanities Persian literature group, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

³ Faculty of Literature and Humanities Persian literature group,, Tehran University, Iran

10.30465/copl.2026.53060.4334

Abstract

This study analyzes three emerging subgenres of Language Poetry—Vibration Poetry, Black Text, and Supra-white—based on Robinson’s tripartite model. Adopting a descriptive–analytical–statistical approach, the data were collected from library sources, manifestos, and an analysis of 300 poems by 22 poets. The findings indicate that although all three subgenres exhibit linguistic and aesthetic innovations, they differ significantly in the distribution of paradigmatic, exogenic, and ecological components. Vibration Poetry demonstrates a relative balance between language-centered structures and references to the lived world, whereas Black Text is characterized by the dominance of paradigmatic features and self-referential language. Supra-white occupies an intermediate position, displaying limited yet discernible connections to imagery and natural elements. Overall, the results suggest that the distinctions among these subgenres arise less from their reliance on contemporary literary theories and more from their divergent strategies in negotiating language, meaning, and the relationship between text and the lived environment.

Keywords

Postmodern Poetry, Language Poets, Vibration Poetry, Black Text, Supra-white, Robinson&rsquo

s Tripartite Model

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