A mouse's tale - Typesetting

We have been given the task of typesetting the poem 'The Mouse's Tale' from 'Alice in Wonderland' by Lewis Carrol twice once is a modernist style and the other a more contemporary and expressive post modernist style. 

For the modernist design I have used Akidenz Grotesk type face and mainly looked at the layout of type in a formal and geometric style. Putting all the emphasis of the design on the content rather than being expressive. I have used black and red as the only two colours as they are very muted and show the authors name as a important part of the design. I have allowed space all around the poem especially at the top and sides allowing it to be clear and legible.

This second design uses the same principles of the original typesetting of concrete poetry but with the mouse's head, ears and whiskers instead I am really pleased with the overall outcome! I wanted to create an expressive and inventive design that is the completely different from the modernist design. I think that the design could be difficult to read in parts and follow the line of text.