How Long to Read Doors Gates and Portals

How Long Does it Take to Read Doors Gates and Portals?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 25 minutes to read Doors Gates and Portals by Lou Barrett

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

Description

Lou Barrett's poetry collection, Doors, Gates and Portals, carries us into real life passages. The reader enters into ancient and mythical worlds to discover personal tensions that exist in Twentieth Century family life. Eve, constricted in the Garden of Eden, seeks freedom from safe gates confining her, Demeter, while missing her daughter, "still has a crush on the world." Orpheus held back from entering death, remains separated from those he loves; the poet is exiled from childhood, homesick for a beloved town and family. Here the ancient life passages - become here-and-now, contemporary dilemmas. The pages of Lou Barrett's poetry collection inform and surprise the adult reader. Her poetry conveys with clarity and insight her intense love for the blooming and battering world. She is willing to face what makes us human. Barrett invites her reader to see the world anew. The search seems as familiar as your own palms. This is the work of a wise and emphatic heart, ready for sobs, laughter doubt and mystery. She opens and closes the doors, gates and portals -invites an adult reader to enter new landscapes in a search for meaning. A surprising trip.

How long is Doors Gates and Portals?

Doors Gates and Portals by Lou Barrett is 84 pages long, and a total of 21,336 words.

This makes it 28% the length of the average book. It also has 26% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Doors Gates and Portals Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 56 minutes to read Doors Gates and Portals aloud.

What Reading Level is Doors Gates and Portals?

Doors Gates and Portals 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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