How Long to Read Tender Taxes

How Long Does it Take to Read Tender Taxes?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 52 minutes to read Tender Taxes by Jo Shapcott

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

Description

Towards the end of his life the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) wrote nearly four hundred poems in French - notably the two collections published as Les Fentres (The Windows) and Les Roses. The emergence of a French Rilke provides the starting point rather than the terminus for Jo Shapcott's new collection, Tender Taxes, which re-imagines Rilke's brief and fugitive lyrics as English poems. The occasion is Rilke, but these are more than versions: Shapcott's poems address this, arguing with the originals, crossing and re-crossing the frontier between translation and origination....

How long is Tender Taxes?

Tender Taxes by Jo Shapcott is 112 pages long, and a total of 28,224 words.

This makes it 38% the length of the average book. It also has 34% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Tender Taxes Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 34 minutes to read Tender Taxes aloud.

What Reading Level is Tender Taxes?

Tender Taxes 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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