How Long to Read Mametz

By Owen Sheers

How Long Does it Take to Read Mametz?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 13 minutes to read Mametz by Owen Sheers

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

Description

'"For years afterwards the farmers found them - the wasted young, turning up under their plough blades." So run the blunt, grimly beautiful opening lines of the Welsh poet Owen Sheers's elegy for the men, 4,000 of them from the 38th (Welsh) Division, who were killed or wounded in the Battle of Mametz Wood in July 1916. Sheers revisits that chapter of carnage in a stirring, sprawling promenade show. He draws on the writings of two survivors in particular. One is the poet David Jones whose fractured, enervated, modernist response to his war-time experiences, In Parenthesis, was hailed as a...

How long is Mametz?

Mametz by Owen Sheers is 192 pages long, and a total of 48,384 words.

This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Mametz Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 24 minutes to read Mametz aloud.

What Reading Level is Mametz?

Mametz 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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