How Long to Read An Essay on Criticism

How Long Does it Take to Read An Essay on Criticism?

It takes the average reader and 36 minutes to read An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Alexander Pope

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

An Essay on Criticism was the first major poem written by the English writer Alexander Pope (1688-1744). However, despite the title, the poem is not as much an original analysis as it is a compilation of Pope's various literary opinions. A reading of the poem makes it clear that he is addressing not so much the ingenuous reader as the intending writer. It is written in a type of rhyming verse called heroic couplets. The poem first appeared in 1711, but was written in 1709. It is clear from Pope's correspondence that many of the poems ideas had existed in prose form since at least 1706. It is a verse essay written in the Horatian mode and is primarily concerned with how writers and critics behave in the new literary commerce of Pope's contemporary age. The poem covers a range of good criticism and advice. It also represents many of the chief literary ideals of Pope's age. Pope contends in the poem's opening couplets that bad criticism does greater harm than bad writing: 'Tis hard to say, if greater Want of Skill Appear in Writing or in Judging ill, But, of the two, less dang'rous is th' Offence, To tire our Patience, than mis-lead our Sense: Some few in that, but Numbers err in this, Ten Censure wrong for one who Writes amiss; A Fool might once himself alone expose, Now One in Verse makes many more in Prose. Despite the harmful effects of bad criticism, literature requires worthy criticism. (Quote from wikipedia.org)

How long is An Essay on Criticism?

An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Alexander Pope is 36 pages long, and a total of 9,216 words.

This makes it 12% the length of the average book. It also has 11% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read An Essay on Criticism Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 50 minutes to read An Essay on Criticism aloud.

What Reading Level is An Essay on Criticism?

An Essay on Criticism is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

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