How Long to Read The Living Fire

How Long Does it Take to Read The Living Fire?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 13 minutes to read The Living Fire by Edward Hirsch

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

Description

A rich and significant collection of more than one hundred poems, drawn from a lifetime of “wild gratitude” in poetry. In poems chronicling insomnia (“the blue-rimmed edge / of outer dark, those crossroads / where we meet the dead”), art and culture (poems on Edward Hopper and Paul Celan, love poems in the voices of Baudelaire and Gertrude Stein, a meditation on two suitcases of children’s drawings that came out of the Terezin concentration camp), and his own experience, including the powerful, frank self-examinations in his more recent work, Edward Hirsch displays stunning range and quality....

How long is The Living Fire?

The Living Fire by Edward Hirsch is 192 pages long, and a total of 48,384 words.

This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Living Fire Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 24 minutes to read The Living Fire aloud.

What Reading Level is The Living Fire?

The Living Fire 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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