How Long to Read The Life of Metrical and Free Verse in Twentieth-Century Poetry
By Jon Silkin
How Long Does it Take to Read The Life of Metrical and Free Verse in Twentieth-Century Poetry?
It takes the average reader 7 hours and 8 minutes to read The Life of Metrical and Free Verse in Twentieth-Century Poetry by Jon Silkin
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Description
In a wide-ranging and compelling account of the life of metrical and free verse in the twentieth century, poet and critic Jon Silkin deepens our understanding of the way poetry works on us. He begins from the premiss that two modes of verse, free and metrical, engage the creative energies of poetry now, creating a rich, fertile environment capable of yielding work valuable to poetry itself and to the society which has given it life. With a practitioner's empathy Silkin reads the poetry of Whitman, Hopkins, Eliot, Pound, Lawrence, Dylan Thomas, Bunting and eight British poets from the...
How long is The Life of Metrical and Free Verse in Twentieth-Century Poetry?
The Life of Metrical and Free Verse in Twentieth-Century Poetry by Jon Silkin is 423 pages long, and a total of 107,019 words.
This makes it 143% the length of the average book. It also has 131% more words than the average book.
How Long Does it Take to Read The Life of Metrical and Free Verse in Twentieth-Century Poetry Aloud?
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 44 minutes to read The Life of Metrical and Free Verse in Twentieth-Century Poetry aloud.
What Reading Level is The Life of Metrical and Free Verse in Twentieth-Century Poetry?
The Life of Metrical and Free Verse in Twentieth-Century Poetry is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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