Wana Give Up

The name of the poem I picked is “Wanna Give Up”, I am sure that this poem can relate to a lot of people as well as me; this poem relates to me in more than one way. Basically, this poem is talking about someone who is in love but is scared to commit in fear of being hurt. Although, their heart is “telling” them that it’s in love. The purpose of my design was to make the key words or the main idea of the poem draw the reader’s attention.
I made the key words in the poem of a larger font, for example, if you read only the words that are standing out, you will get an overall idea of what the poem is about without having to read it all. In the beginning of the poem I used smaller fonts for the key words; to give the impression that the person in love is calmly telling themselves “no, I don’t want to be in love, shut up heart”. Toward the end of the poem the font on the keywords gets bigger; this gives the impression that the person in love is now demanding their heart to stop “saying” it is in love. I included the red because every time I think of love and hearts I think of the color red.
For the word “broken” I used a font with spines in it because looking at spines would make you think of something painful like heartbreak. Just in case my message with the spines wasn’t understood clearly I included a broken heart in the end. I separated the text into two columns, that way the poem could be read from left to right; each column could also be read individually and the reader could still get the same overall idea of what the poem is about. I also replaced the word “walking” with the icon of a person who, to a reader might look like they are walking, running or stepping. No matter what way the reader interprets this icon it would still make sense and flow with the overall idea of the poem.