How Long to Read In the Dark Before Dawn: New Selected Poems

How Long Does it Take to Read In the Dark Before Dawn: New Selected Poems?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read In the Dark Before Dawn: New Selected Poems by Thomas Merton

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

Description

A new, broad, comprehensive view of the innovative poetry of the late, great Trappist monk and religious philosopher Thomas Merton. Poet, Trappist monk, religious philosopher, translator, social criticthe late Thomas Merton was all these things. Until now, no selection from his great body of poetry has afforded a comprehensive view of his varied and largely innovative work. In the Dark Before Dawn: New Selected Poems of Thomas Merton is not only double the size of Merton's earlier Selected Poems (1967), it also arranges his poetry thematically and chronologically, so that readers can follow the poet's multifarious interrelated lines of thought as well as his poetic development over the decades, from his college days in the 1930s to his untimely accidental death in Bangkok in 1968 during his personal Eastern pilgrimage. The selections are grouped under eight thematic headings"Geography's Landscapes," "Poems from the Monastery," "Poems of the Sacred," "Songs of Contemplation," "History's Voices: Past and Present," "Engaging the World," "On Being Human," "Merton and Other Languages."

How long is In the Dark Before Dawn: New Selected Poems?

In the Dark Before Dawn: New Selected Poems by Thomas Merton is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read In the Dark Before Dawn: New Selected Poems Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read In the Dark Before Dawn: New Selected Poems aloud.

What Reading Level is In the Dark Before Dawn: New Selected Poems?

In the Dark Before Dawn: New Selected Poems is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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