How Long to Read The Perfect Hour

How Long Does it Take to Read The Perfect Hour?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 42 minutes to read The Perfect Hour by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

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

Description

"Poet and storyteller Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen is one of Portugal's best-loved writers. Her poems express her deep connection with the natural world, her main subjects being childhood and youth, nature and, above all, the sea. She was also steeped in classical literature, and some of her Greek-inspired poems are present in this selection which features translations from two of her poetry collections - "Dia do Mar" and "O Nome das Coisas" - translations made by Colin Rorrison before his sudden death in Argentina at the age of 28, and edited by the celebrated translator Margaret Jull Costa. "Dia do Mar" was published in 1947, when the poet was 28. Its subjects are gardens, the sea, the beach and the house, and its central theme, the search for perfection, purity and harmony. The poems have all the intensity of childhood memories, but are imbued, too, with an adult awareness of mortality. "O Nome das Coisas" was published thirty years later, after the Carnation Revolution of 1974 and the overthrow of the Salazar/Caetano regime after almost fifty years of repression. Many of its poems are political and refer to a particular time and place and situation, and yet they remain strikingly bracing and fresh"--Publisher information.

How long is The Perfect Hour?

The Perfect Hour by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen is 102 pages long, and a total of 25,704 words.

This makes it 34% the length of the average book. It also has 31% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Perfect Hour Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 20 minutes to read The Perfect Hour aloud.

What Reading Level is The Perfect Hour?

The Perfect Hour is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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