Karen's+UFG+Proposal

Why Interested:
I’m double majoring in __art education__ and English education, and I am always looking for ways to combine my two interests. I like things that have aesthetic qualities and are visually pleasing. Sometimes I find the typical wall of text intimidating as a reader. I’m also really interested in poetry. I like to read it because it creates such visual imagery. However, I often struggle with coming up with more than one interpretation. I think writing and constructing concrete poems will help me have a greater understand of poetry while still having a more visual base to draw from.

What you know about the genre:
A concrete poem is a poem where the words are arranged in a picture or shape. The arrangement of the poem is an important feature that directly relates to the meaning of the poem (shape and meaning are interconnected). Concrete poems also don’t have set rhyme schemes or line requirements.