How Long to Read Dead Men's Praise

How Long Does it Take to Read Dead Men's Praise?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 13 minutes to read Dead Men's Praise by Jacqueline Osherow

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

Description

A witty and formally versatile collection of poetry exploring life, faith, and history by the Witter Bynner Prize-winning poet. With Dead Men’s Praise, Jacqueline Osherow gives us her fourth and most ambitious collection of poetry to date. Her hybrid inspiration ranges from Dante’s terza rima, to free verse, to biblical psalms, all delivered in a casually conversational voice. Combining the self-mocking inflections of Yiddish jokes with the pure lyric inspiration of biblical verse, these poems range in theme from Italian hill towns to contemporary art installations in Los Angeles to the vanished Jewish world of the Ukraine. Her effortless humor and sharp insights take us from imaginings of the future to recovery of the past, and her distinctive voice becomes a fusion of the sublime and the down-to-earth. “Like Elizabeth Bishop, who wove her voice into a sestina so effortlessly you forget the form is there, Osherow makes villanelles, sonnets, and even Dante’s terza rima feel genuinely conversational.” —David Yaffe, The Village Voice

How long is Dead Men's Praise?

Dead Men's Praise by Jacqueline Osherow is 129 pages long, and a total of 33,411 words.

This makes it 44% the length of the average book. It also has 41% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Dead Men's Praise Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 2 minutes to read Dead Men's Praise aloud.

What Reading Level is Dead Men's Praise?

Dead Men's Praise is suitable for students ages 10 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.

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