How Long to Read Poetry for the Senses

How Long Does it Take to Read Poetry for the Senses?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 48 minutes to read Poetry for the Senses by Jennifer Martin

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

Description

The poems in Jennifer Martin's Pulsing Elements are written simply, but they are far from simple either in thought or execution. In what could serve as an epigraph for the collection, Martin writes: Search for the simple truth Without the gloss of literary concepts And you will be amazedAnd amazed we are. One of the best things about these poems is their freedom from just such extraneous gloss, allowing their simple yet provoking depth to shine through. Martin seeks the "simple truth" through a reflection on the four classical elements named by the Greek philosopher Empedocles as Fire, Earth, Wind, and Water. Her purpose, she states, is to "tug at the very soul of our existence," but by this she means to tug at the elemental aspects of the human spirit, those emotions that connect us to the natural world rather than separate us from it.Martin's poems acknowledge both destruction and creation and, when read slowly, reveal greater depths than their surface simplicity at first suggest. Her truth is indeed simple, but it is one that has struck the best minds from the beginning: that creation and destruction can coexist within the same things-earth, wind, water, fire. While not a new truth, it is worth revisiting, and in calling attention to it, Martin would have us be struck too. Ellen Tanner Marsh, New York Times Bestselling Author

How long is Poetry for the Senses?

Poetry for the Senses by Jennifer Martin is 106 pages long, and a total of 27,136 words.

This makes it 36% the length of the average book. It also has 33% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Poetry for the Senses Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 28 minutes to read Poetry for the Senses aloud.

What Reading Level is Poetry for the Senses?

Poetry for the Senses 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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