How Long to Read New Poems of Emily Dickinson

How Long Does it Take to Read New Poems of Emily Dickinson?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 19 minutes to read New Poems of Emily Dickinson by William H. Shurr

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

Description

For most of her life Emily Dickinson regularly embedded poems, disguised as prose, in her lively and thoughtful letters. Although many critics have commented on the poetic quality of Dickinson's letters, William Shurr is the first to draw fully developed poems from them. In this remarkable volume, he presents nearly 500 new poems that he and his associates excavated from her correspondence, thereby expanding the canon of Dickinson's known poems by almost one-third and making a remarkable addition to the study of American literature. Here are new riddles and epigrams, as well as longer lyrics that have never been seen as poems before. While Shurr has reformatted passages from the letters as poetry, a practice Dickinson herself occasionally followed, no words, punctuation, or spellings have been changed. Shurr points out that these new verses have much in common with Dickinson's well-known poems: they have her typical punctuation (especially the characteristic dashes and capitalizations); they use her preferred hymn or ballad meters; and they continue her search for new and unusual rhymes. Most of all, these poems continue Dickinson's remarkable experiments in extending the boundaries of poetry and human sensibility.

How long is New Poems of Emily Dickinson?

New Poems of Emily Dickinson by William H. Shurr is 136 pages long, and a total of 34,816 words.

This makes it 46% the length of the average book. It also has 43% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read New Poems of Emily Dickinson Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 10 minutes to read New Poems of Emily Dickinson aloud.

What Reading Level is New Poems of Emily Dickinson?

New Poems of Emily Dickinson 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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