How Long to Read Selected Poems / PoesÕa Selecta

How Long Does it Take to Read Selected Poems / PoesÕa Selecta?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 53 minutes to read Selected Poems / PoesÕa Selecta by Luis Pal?s Matos

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

Description

Although today Luis Palés Matos is virtually unknown to most American readers, the eminent U.S. poet and writer William Carlos Williams once praised his younger contemporary as "one of the most important poets out of Latin America." Palés Matos was a native, and lifelong resident, of Puerto Rico. Though he was not black, he became one of the Caribbeans leading advocates of poesía negra (black poetry). His landmark 1937 collection Tuntún de Pasa y Grifería: Poesía Afro-Antillana (Tom-Tom of Kinky Hair and Black Things: Afro-Caribbean Poetry) joyously celebrated the African aspects and sources of Puerto Ricos culture and influenced later generations of writers throughout the Western hemisphere. Translator Julio Marzán has selected the best of Palés Matoss poems from throughout his career, among them "Prelude in Boricua," "Danza Negra," "Buccaneer Winds," and "Elegy on the Duke of Marmalade." He also provides a helpful glossary of obscure terms and an introduction that locates Palés Matos in the broader cultural context of his contemporaries and poetic influences including such North American poets as Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, and Vachel Lindsay.

How long is Selected Poems / PoesÕa Selecta?

Selected Poems / PoesÕa Selecta by Luis Pal?s Matos is 172 pages long, and a total of 43,344 words.

This makes it 58% the length of the average book. It also has 53% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Selected Poems / PoesÕa Selecta Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 56 minutes to read Selected Poems / PoesÕa Selecta aloud.

What Reading Level is Selected Poems / PoesÕa Selecta?

Selected Poems / PoesÕa Selecta 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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