How Long to Read Leaning Willow

How Long Does it Take to Read Leaning Willow?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 34 minutes to read Leaning Willow by Douglas Alexander Bors

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

Description

Where many poets focus on what it is to be a certain type of human being in a particular contemporary situation, Leaning Willow is concerned with what it is to be human, period. Although the collection is unapologetically anti-modernism and all of its manifestations (materialism, scientism, consumerism, individualism, and democracy) and some of the poems have a bit of a bite, most of the pages reflect the author's sense of faith, hope and love. Some of the poems reflect these concerns by addressing big questions such as the nature of time; others address the same concerns by describing a simple event, such as stepping out of a door. Some of the poems express the issues with cutting cynicism; others express the same issues with comic relief. One tool used by the author to create a longer pause or to allow for a second voice or echo to appear is to literally change languages. That is, in several of the poems a line or two of French or Latin a is used. One section of the collection opens with a quatrain in French and closes with its Latin translation, both brief recapitulations of a longer poem found in the opening section. One unique aspect of the collection is that there is a conscious effort to bury a loose story line so that a each section reacts to or extends the previous and the final poems revisit the first. In light of the West's desire to militarily and economically transmit its "way of life" around the world, this collection questions whether that way of life is something that is worth spreading.

How long is Leaning Willow?

Leaning Willow by Douglas Alexander Bors is 149 pages long, and a total of 38,591 words.

This makes it 50% the length of the average book. It also has 47% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Leaning Willow Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 30 minutes to read Leaning Willow aloud.

What Reading Level is Leaning Willow?

Leaning Willow 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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