Karen+Christiansen

=__**Final Portfolio**__=

Reflection

Expressive Reflective

Expository

Unfamiliar Genre = = = = = =

=__**Unfamiliar Genre Project**__=

Reflection

Proposal

Annotated Bibliography

User's Guide

Concrete Poems


 * Annotated Bibliography (5) 5 **
 * User’s Guide (10) 10 **
 * Several drafts + Final draft (15) 15 **
 * Reflection on the Process (10) 10 **

** Total(40) 40 ** ** I really liked the User's Guide, because it was so practical and process-oriented. You show the wide possibilities of concrete poetry, and your writing also explores them. "The Break-up" is very visual, letting the shape convey the meaning, but "The Cat" is more like a __free__ verse poem with an outline of shape. I liked "Capitalism Cares," although it took me a while to figure out "Sera" was really "cares" backwards. The way the big "C" consumes the little "c" is visually arresting. I also enjoyed the __balance__ in shape and words in the "Time" poem, which seemed to exploit image and language equally. **** You really gave me more respect for the concrete poem. **