How Long to Read Love Took the Words

How Long Does it Take to Read Love Took the Words?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 13 minutes to read Love Took the Words by Christopher Jane Corkery

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

Description

"Love took the words right out of my mouth." So begins the first line of Christopher Jane Corkery's poignant and unforgettable new collection of poems. Throughout the work these two themes--the power and mystery of language, especially the crafted one of poetry, and what Keats called "the holiness of the heart's affections"--intertwine, accumulating a rich panoply of associations and meanings. The occasions for Corkery's poems are often domestic: the thrill of youthful romance, of marriage and family, of children inventing new worlds. Yet here also are a poet's acts, psychological and spiritual, in a life which, like every reader's life, contains plenty and its absence all at once. Objects matter here--a bread board, a swing, a still life--but so do places (from New England to Paris and Seville). The poet is also joined by the ghostly presences of poets and mystics, from Teresa of Avila, John Keats, and George Herbert to Emily Dickinson and William Butler Yeats. Again and again Corkery is drawn to the essential way in which poetry enacts love. In fullness or in scarcity, in loving or in grief, both writer and reader are engaged, fulfilling the contract of poetry.

How long is Love Took the Words?

Love Took the Words by Christopher Jane Corkery is 73 pages long, and a total of 18,469 words.

This makes it 25% the length of the average book. It also has 23% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Love Took the Words Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 40 minutes to read Love Took the Words aloud.

What Reading Level is Love Took the Words?

Love Took the Words is suitable for students ages 8 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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