“The Bet
 
by Anton Chekhov

Directions for Concrete Poem:

?Think about the theme or events of the story.  Choose a shape in which to align the words of your poem.
?Your poem is free verse, but must be at least 12 lines long.
?You can cut our letters, words, pictures from magazines or play with the font on your computer to make some words stand out.

Concrete poem Samples

 

Samples taken from the website:  http://people.oregonstate.edu/~smithc/vita/concrpoe.html