{"product_id":"how-to-write-a-poem-hardback-9781405124799","title":"How to Write a Poem (Hardback) 9781405124799","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHow to Write a Poem\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Redmond (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405124799, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 July 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e168 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.372 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"John Redmond's \"\u003ci\u003eHow to Write a Poem\u003c\/i\u003e\" contains no false notes. He does not patronise his reader with easy examples or workshop games, but lights on his subject with elegant pragmatism and humility. His overall argument arises from a very personal yet wholly professional sense of poetry as an art form in practice, and his examples are informed by deep reading and writerly intuition. I consider the book a small masterpiece of clarity, economy and experience. It brings light to poetry as something made: something real and realised.\" \u003ci\u003eDavid Morley, Warwick University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The examples throughout the book are contemporary and provocative in the most helpful sense. ... [Redmond] clearly loves poems, enough to show you in detail how they work.\" \u003ci\u003ePoetry News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAn innovative introduction to writing poetry designed for students of creative writing and budding poets alike.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenges the reader’s sense of what is possible in a poem.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraces the history and highlights the potential of poetry.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on the fundamental principles of poetic construction, such as: Who is speaking? Who are they speaking to? Why does their speaking take this form?\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders both experimental and mainstream approaches to contemporary poetry.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsists of fourteen chapters, making it suitable for use over one semester.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEncourages readers to experiment with their poetry.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Question of Address.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Viewpoint.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Question of Voices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Question of Scale.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Uses of Repetition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Image.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Short Lines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Long Lines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Diction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Uses of Syntax.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Tone.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Traditional Forms: Ode.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Traditional Forms: Epistle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. The Question of Background.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Conclusion: The Question of Variety.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Education [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Education\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Education%20%5BJN%5D%22\"\u003eJN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437757722904,"sku":"9781405124799","price":84.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405124799.jpg?v=1784938368","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/how-to-write-a-poem-hardback-9781405124799","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}