How Long to Read Life Studies and For the Union Dead

How Long Does it Take to Read Life Studies and For the Union Dead?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 1 minute to read Life Studies and For the Union Dead by Robert Lowell

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

Description

Robert Lowell, with Elizabeth Bishop, stands apart as the greatest American poet of the latter half of the twentieth century—and Life Studies and For the Union Dead stand as among his most important volumes. In Life Studies, which was first published in 1959, Lowell moved away from the formality of his earlier poems and started writing in a more confessional vein. The title poem of For the Union Dead concerns the death of the Civil War hero (and Lowell ancestor) Robert Gould Shaw, but it also largely centers on the contrast between Boston's idealistic past and its debased present at the time...

How long is Life Studies and For the Union Dead?

Life Studies and For the Union Dead by Robert Lowell is 181 pages long, and a total of 45,431 words.

This makes it 61% the length of the average book. It also has 56% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Life Studies and For the Union Dead Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 8 minutes to read Life Studies and For the Union Dead aloud.

What Reading Level is Life Studies and For the Union Dead?

Life Studies and For the Union Dead 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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