Annotation

www.thethamesexperience.co.uk/downloads/theriverthames.pdf has a collection of poems around the subject of the thames whether its rivers, docks or wildlife. I was reading through them and noticed this particular poems layout, how it is set and reflecting the poem. I initially noticed the use of 3 short columns for the text which when placed below the image, emphasises that steady calm river. The use of left alignment creates that connotation of a flowing river, there are not any exaggerated lines that stand out from one another, it's quite clam. There is good use of kerning the lettering is nicely spaced not too tight but still giving that idea of tranquility and space. Also the leading is quite wide, letting the words breath and again creating quite a clam soft effect. The poet name is set in quite a strong uppercase serif which is nice, making the strong contrast between the poem and the poet.