It takes the average reader 1 hour and 30 minutes to read Sing Sing Sing by Bruce Murphy
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Sing, Sing, Sing is unlike any recent first collection by an American poet. It goes against the grain of contemporary fashion by replacing prosaic narrative with a lyricism both symbolic and mysterious. This poet can appreciate experience as "the open/End of a bag fill/With ordinary things," yet also he has an ear for "a watch that goes on ticking/Underground," the shadow of history that lies across the present. Murphy manifests a sense of responsibility for protecting the spirit of lost people and lost things. But in their concern for posterity, his poems use language to forge a memory of...
Sing Sing Sing by Bruce Murphy is 88 pages long, and a total of 22,704 words.
This makes it 30% the length of the average book. It also has 28% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 4 minutes to read Sing Sing Sing aloud.
Sing Sing Sing is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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