It takes the average reader 1 hour and 30 minutes to read Diwata by Barbara Jane Reyes
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Tagalog is a language spoken by twenty-two million people in the Philippines. Diwata is a Tagalog term meaning "muse." Diwata is also a term for a mythical being who resides in nature, and who human communities must acknowledge, respect, and appease in order to live harmoniously in this world. In her book Diwata, Barbara Jane Reyes frames her poems between the Book of Genesis creation story and the Tagalog creation myth, placing her work somewhere culturally between both traditions. Also setting the tone for her poems is the death and large shadow cast by her grandfather, a World War II...
Diwata by Barbara Jane Reyes is 88 pages long, and a total of 22,704 words.
This makes it 30% the length of the average book. It also has 28% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 4 minutes to read Diwata aloud.
Diwata is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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