How Long to Read Forms of Poetic Attention

By Lucy Alford

How Long Does it Take to Read Forms of Poetic Attention?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 12 minutes to read Forms of Poetic Attention by Lucy Alford

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

Description

A poem is often read as a set of formal, technical, and conventional devices that generate meaning or affect. However, Lucy Alford suggests that poetic language might be better understood as an instrument for tuning and refining the attention. Identifying a crucial link between poetic form and the forming of attention, Alford offers a new terminology for how poetic attention works and how attention becomes a subject and object of poetry. Forms of Poetic Attention combines close readings of a wide variety of poems with research in the philosophy, aesthetics, and psychology of attention....

How long is Forms of Poetic Attention?

Forms of Poetic Attention by Lucy Alford is 365 pages long, and a total of 93,075 words.

This makes it 123% the length of the average book. It also has 114% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Forms of Poetic Attention Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 28 minutes to read Forms of Poetic Attention aloud.

What Reading Level is Forms of Poetic Attention?

Forms of Poetic Attention is suitable for students ages 12 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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