How Long to Read Lay Back the Darkness

How Long Does it Take to Read Lay Back the Darkness?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 30 minutes to read Lay Back the Darkness by Edward Hirsch

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

Description

Edward Hirsch’s sixth collection is a descent into the darkness of middle age, narrated with exacting tenderness. He explores the boundaries of human fallibility both in candid personal poems, such as the title piece—a plea for his father, a victim of Alzheimer’s wandering the hallway at night—and in his passionate encounters with classic poetic texts, as when Dante’s Inferno enters his bedroom: When you read Canto Five aloud last night in your naked, singsong, fractured Italian, my sweet compulsion, my carnal appetite, I suspected we shall never be forgiven for devouring each other body and...

How long is Lay Back the Darkness?

Lay Back the Darkness by Edward Hirsch is 88 pages long, and a total of 22,704 words.

This makes it 30% the length of the average book. It also has 28% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Lay Back the Darkness Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 4 minutes to read Lay Back the Darkness aloud.

What Reading Level is Lay Back the Darkness?

Lay Back the Darkness 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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