How Long to Read Marvellations: the Best-Loved Poems

How Long Does it Take to Read Marvellations: the Best-Loved Poems?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 49 minutes to read Marvellations: the Best-Loved Poems by Boleslaw Lesmian

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

Description

This volume contains more than 50 of the best-loved and most-read, the best-selling and most-studied poems of Boleslaw Lesmian, one of Poland's greatest poets of all time. His poetry is unique on a world scale: it is universal and profoundly humane; it is a quest to fathom out the unknowable, to express the inexpressible, to grasp all the states of being-between existence and nonexistence, including "under-being" and "near-unbeing." This poems are attempts to accustom oneself to nothingness, to "no-everything." That is why, there is always something happening even in the void. Lesmian overcomes the absurdity and grotesqueness of human existence with love and humor. Not many poets in the world have expressed love so sensuously and sensually and, yet so subtly and simply. To achieve that goal, he invented his own poetic language and style. His coinages and strict metrics have constituted a notorious discouragement to translators, especially of non-Slavic languages for decades. Fortunately, Marian Polak-Chlabicz has undertaken the Herculean task of rendering Lesmian's "untranslatable" poems into English, the result of which is this book, where "marvels reveal themselves in revelations and kindle up elation." He has proven beyond all doubt that "a beautiful woman can be faithful," as is his translation.

How long is Marvellations: the Best-Loved Poems?

Marvellations: the Best-Loved Poems by Boleslaw Lesmian is 166 pages long, and a total of 42,496 words.

This makes it 56% the length of the average book. It also has 52% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Marvellations: the Best-Loved Poems Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 52 minutes to read Marvellations: the Best-Loved Poems aloud.

What Reading Level is Marvellations: the Best-Loved Poems?

Marvellations: the Best-Loved Poems 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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