It takes the average reader 4 hours and 7 minutes to read Moving Words: Forms of English Poetry by Derek Attridge
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Drawing on Derek Attridge's forty-five years of engagement with the forms of poetry, this book provides extensive evidence of the importance of close attention to the moving and sounding of language in the poems we take pleasure in. It investigates the ways in which poets have exploited the resources of the language as a spoken medium - its characteristic rhythms, its phonetic qualities, its deployment of syntax - to write verse that continues to move anddelight. Presenting case studies examining the work of a large number of poets from the thirteenth century to the present, it explores the...
Moving Words: Forms of English Poetry by Derek Attridge is 244 pages long, and a total of 61,976 words.
This makes it 82% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 38 minutes to read Moving Words: Forms of English Poetry aloud.
Moving Words: Forms of English Poetry is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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