How Long to Read I Wish I Had a Heart Like Yours, Walt Whitman

How Long Does it Take to Read I Wish I Had a Heart Like Yours, Walt Whitman?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 12 minutes to read I Wish I Had a Heart Like Yours, Walt Whitman by Jude Nutter

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

Description

In "Return of the Heroes," Walt Whitman refers to the casualties of the American Civil War: "the dead to me mar not. . . . / they fit very well in the landscape under the trees and grass. . . ." In her new poetry collection, Jude Nutter challenges Whitman's statement by exploring her own responses to war and conflict and, in a voice by turns rueful, dolorous, and imagistic, reveals why she cannot agree. Nutter, who was born in England and grew up in Germany, has a visceral sense of history as a constant, violent companion. Drawing on a range of locales and historical moments—among them Rwanda, Sarajevo, Nagasaki, and both world wars—she replays the confrontation of personal history colliding with history as a social, political, and cultural force. In many of the poems, this confrontation is understood through the shift from childhood innocence and magical thinking to adult awareness and guilt. Nutter responds to Whitman from another perspective as well. It was Whitman who wrote that he could live with animals because, among other things, they are placid, self-contained, and guiltless. As counterpoint, Nutter weaves a series of animal poems—a kind of personal bestiary—throughout the collection that reveals the tragedy and violence also inherent in the lives of animals. Here, as in much of Nutter's previous work, the boundaries between the animal and human worlds are permeable; the urgent voice of the poet insists we recognize that "Even from a distance, suffering / is suffering." Here is both acknowledgment and challenge: distance may be measured in terms of time, culture, or place, or it may be caused by the gap between animals and humans, but it is our responsibility to speak against atrocity and bloodshed, however voiceless we may feel.

How long is I Wish I Had a Heart Like Yours, Walt Whitman?

I Wish I Had a Heart Like Yours, Walt Whitman by Jude Nutter is 128 pages long, and a total of 33,024 words.

This makes it 43% the length of the average book. It also has 40% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read I Wish I Had a Heart Like Yours, Walt Whitman Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours to read I Wish I Had a Heart Like Yours, Walt Whitman aloud.

What Reading Level is I Wish I Had a Heart Like Yours, Walt Whitman?

I Wish I Had a Heart Like Yours, Walt Whitman is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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