How Long to Read Epic and Lyric

How Long Does it Take to Read Epic and Lyric?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 58 minutes to read Epic and Lyric by Luís de Camões

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

Description

Luis de Camoes (c.1524-1580), the 'national poet' of Portugal, wrote the first epic poem which, in scope and universality, spoke for a modern world. 'The Lusiad' was the poem of European conquest and its moral misgivings, its human consequences. Camoes himself possesses qualities of the epic hero. He was Galician and Celtic in ancestry, descended from the trovador Perez Camoes. Though orphaned, he was a scholar, lover and soldier who bore deep injuries and long exile for empire and love and travelled the world for his King, returning to poverty, blindness and posthumous apotheosis. He embodies in himself and conveys in his poems the spirit of the age: hectic, ambitious, vulnerable, suspended between a real heaven and a real hell. He was Melville's favourite poet, and he has exerted a strong spell over other English-language writers, including Blake. Camoes was also a great lyric poet, and Keith Bosley has translated a generous selection of the shorter poems to go with his newly-translated extracts from 'The Lusiad.'

How long is Epic and Lyric?

Epic and Lyric by Luís de Camões is 116 pages long, and a total of 29,696 words.

This makes it 39% the length of the average book. It also has 36% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Epic and Lyric Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 42 minutes to read Epic and Lyric aloud.

What Reading Level is Epic and Lyric?

Epic and Lyric 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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