It takes the average reader and 28 minutes to read The First Thing by Anna Kirwan
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Poetry. THE FIRST THING is a chapbook consisting of nine poems that explore our relationships to one another and to the world in which we live. Kirwan's poetry asks questions about what connects us to love, to our childhoods, to dreams, to the future, and even to the electric and telephone companies. "Take heavy weather, for example,/ and dreams that occur as polarities,/ as salt you toss a pinch of over your shoulder;/ beads in a ring to protect you, blue as Russian sage . . ."-from "Sage, Moon and Saturn." Anna Kirwan is also the author of the young adult novel, The Jewel of Life, and the...
The First Thing by Anna Kirwan is 28 pages long, and a total of 7,224 words.
This makes it 9% the length of the average book. It also has 9% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 39 minutes to read The First Thing aloud.
The First Thing is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
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