How Long to Read The Poet's Mistake

How Long Does it Take to Read The Poet's Mistake?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 5 minutes to read The Poet's Mistake by Erica McAlpine

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

Description

What our tendency to justify the mistakes in poems reveals about our faith in poetry—and about how we read Keats mixed up Cortez and Balboa. Heaney misremembered the name of one of Wordsworth's lakes. Poetry—even by the greats—is rife with mistakes. In The Poet's Mistake, critic and poet Erica McAlpine gathers together for the first time numerous instances of these errors, from well-known historical gaffes to never-before-noticed grammatical incongruities, misspellings, and solecisms. But unlike the many critics and other readers who consider such errors felicitous or essential to the work...

How long is The Poet's Mistake?

The Poet's Mistake by Erica McAlpine is 297 pages long, and a total of 76,329 words.

This makes it 100% the length of the average book. It also has 93% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Poet's Mistake Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 57 minutes to read The Poet's Mistake aloud.

What Reading Level is The Poet's Mistake?

The Poet's Mistake is suitable for students ages 12 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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