How Long to Read Selected Poems of John Updike

How Long Does it Take to Read Selected Poems of John Updike?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 24 minutes to read Selected Poems of John Updike by John Updike

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

Description

Though John Updike is widely known as one of America’s greatest writers of prose, both his first book and his last were poetry collections, and in the fifty years between he published six other volumes of verse. Now, six years after his death, Christopher Carduff has selected the best from Updike’s lifework in poetry: 129 witty and intimate poems that, when read together in the order of their composition, take on the quality of an unfolding verse-diary. Among these poems are precocious undergraduate efforts (including the previously unpublished “Coming into New York”), frequently anthologized...

How long is Selected Poems of John Updike?

Selected Poems of John Updike by John Updike is 322 pages long, and a total of 81,144 words.

This makes it 109% the length of the average book. It also has 99% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Selected Poems of John Updike Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 23 minutes to read Selected Poems of John Updike aloud.

What Reading Level is Selected Poems of John Updike?

Selected Poems of John Updike is suitable for students ages 12 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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