How to Write a Poem

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By John Redmond

Series: How to Study Literature

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In How to Write a Poem, poet John Redmond explores the future possibilities of poetry by asking what poetry might be, rather than defining what it is. He examines traditional forms like the sonnet, epistle, and ode, alongside fundamental questions of poetic construction: who is speaking, to whom, and why in this particular form? This approach encourages readers to experiment and create fresh poetry that challenges conventions.
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This book is ideal for aspiring poets, students of literature, and anyone interested in understanding poetic forms and innovation in poetry. It appeals to readers who wish to deepen their craft with thoughtful guidance rather than simplified exercises.

* An innovative introduction to writing poetry designed for students of creative writing and budding poets alike. * Challenges the reader's sense of what is possible in a poem. * Traces the history and highlights the potential of poetry.

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In How to Write a Poem, poet John Redmond challenges our sense of what is possible within a poem. Setting aside the vexed question of what poetry is, he replaces it with the more helpful and exciting question: What might poetry be?

By focusing on the future of poetry in this way, he affirms that a poem may take a new shape or behave differently to previous poems. The book acknowledges that to have a sense of what a poem might do, we must first see what other poems have already done.

Redmond pays attention to traditional forms, such as the sonnet, the epistle and the ode, and to traditional rhyming techniques, but focuses on the fundamental principles of poetic construction: Who is speaking and to whom? Where is the speaker located? And why does their speaking take this form?

Such questions encourage readers to experiment with poetry, and to create something fresh.

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How to Write a Poem

By John Redmond

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John Redmond's How to Write a Poem has been praised for its clarity and professional insight. David Morley of Warwick University describes it as a "small masterpiece" that offers an elegant, humble, and practical approach to poetry as an art form. Poetry News highlights the contemporary and provocative examples that show a deep love for poetry and an ability to reveal how poems work.

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ISBN: 9781405124805

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 July 2005

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 231.0mm

Weight: 254g

Pages: 176

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About the Author

John Redmond is the author of one collection of poems, Thumb’s Width (2001), which was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, and he features as one of ‘The New Irish Poets’ in a Bloodaxe anthology of that name. He was previously Assistant Editor of the long-running poetry magazine Thumbscrew, and writes reviews on a regular basis for the London Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement, the Guardian and Poetry Review. He is Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Liverpool and, previously, was Visiting Assistant Professor at Macalester College in St Paul, Minnesota.

How to Write a Poem