{"footnote":"\u003Cp\u003E  Ruth Padel wrote a poetry column in the Independent on Sunday that favoured a robust discussion of poetry\u0026rsquo;s formal properties, as well as its themes. It didn\u0026rsquo;t patronise its readers and it proved  to be one of the paper\u0026rsquo;s most popular slots. Those columns were recently collected in \u003Cem class=\u0022emphasisClass\u0022\u003E52 Ways to Look at a Poem\u003C\/em\u003E (Vintage, 272 pp.,\u0026pound;6.99, February, 0 09 942915 2).\u003C\/p\u003E\n","audio":[],"video":[]}