How Long to Read Butterfly Valley

How Long Does it Take to Read Butterfly Valley?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 10 minutes to read Butterfly Valley by Inger Christensen

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

Description

"Butterfly Valley" is a sonnet cycle which describes the glowing color and beauty of butterflies, and also their fragility and mortality. Memory is uncovered in the poem like the fluttering of their wings. In "Watersteps," the fountains and piazzas of Rome coalesce, brought alive in the imagination by the poem's shifting rhythms, lines, and overall structure. In "Poem on Death" the poet seeking immortality faces the whiteness of the page as the blankness of death: "it feels so odd/ immodest to think/ about death when no one/ you know has died/ it means that each time/ you look at yourself in...

How long is Butterfly Valley?

Butterfly Valley by Inger Christensen is 70 pages long, and a total of 17,500 words.

This makes it 24% the length of the average book. It also has 21% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Butterfly Valley Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 35 minutes to read Butterfly Valley aloud.

What Reading Level is Butterfly Valley?

Butterfly Valley is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

Where Can I Buy Butterfly Valley?

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