How Long to Read How Poems Get Made

How Long Does it Take to Read How Poems Get Made?

It takes the average reader 3 hours to read How Poems Get Made by James Longenbach

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

Description

A comprehensive guide to writing or reading poetry, by “one of our most lucid and important critics” (American Academy of Arts and Letters). Why does a great lyric poem ask to be reread, even after we know it by heart? In How Poems Get Made, acclaimed poet and critic James Longenbach answers this question by discussing a wide range of exemplary poems, from Shakespeare through Blake, Dickinson, and Moore, to a variety of poets making poems today. In each chapter of How Poems Get Made, Longenbach examines a specific aspect of the poetic medium—including Diction, Syntax, Rhythm, Echo, Figure,...

How long is How Poems Get Made?

How Poems Get Made by James Longenbach is 176 pages long, and a total of 45,056 words.

This makes it 59% the length of the average book. It also has 55% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read How Poems Get Made Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 6 minutes to read How Poems Get Made aloud.

What Reading Level is How Poems Get Made?

How Poems Get Made 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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