How Long to Read Collected Poems

How Long Does it Take to Read Collected Poems?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 5 minutes to read Collected Poems by Donald Davie

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

Description

Donald Davie's poems are here arranged chronologically from the 1950s to the beginning of the 1990s. Taken together, the poems display that reverence for the distinctive qualities of the English language which has earned him a name as one of Britain's finest living poets. "Davie's voice—judgemental, ironic, epigrammatic, humorous, self-lacerating—speaks always with reference to an unhuman perpendicular standard that itself goes unquestioned. It is not a standard of Beauty or Truth; Davie is a poet of the third member of the Platonic triad, Justice."—Helen Vendler, The New Yorker "[Davie's poems] are on the quiet side, often casual and musing in mood and tone; determined to resist large gestures of assent or denial. . .Donald Davie may just be the best English poet-critic of our time."—William Pritchard, The New Republic "Donald Davie's Collected Poems does more than mark the culmination of one of the most distinguished careers in post-war British poetry; it is the autobiographical journey of a living poet at the height of his creative powers and the mastery of his craft. Davie is considered the most important and valuable contemporary link between poetry in England and America."—Sarah E. McNeil, Little Rock Free Press

How long is Collected Poems?

Collected Poems by Donald Davie is 482 pages long, and a total of 121,464 words.

This makes it 163% the length of the average book. It also has 148% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Collected Poems Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 3 minutes to read Collected Poems aloud.

What Reading Level is Collected Poems?

Collected Poems is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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