How Long to Read The Rain in the Trees

How Long Does it Take to Read The Rain in the Trees?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 39 minutes to read The Rain in the Trees by W. S. Merwin

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

Description

A volume of poems concerned with intimacy and wholeness, and with history and how the world endures it—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and “one of the greatest poets of our age … the Thoreau of our era” (Edward Hirsch). A literary event—a new volume of poems by one of the masters of modern poetry—The Rain in the Trees is W. S. Merwin's first book since the publication of his Opening the Hand. Almost no other poet of our time has been able to voice in so subtle a fashion such a profound series of comments on the passing of history over the contemporary scene. To do this, he seems to have reinvented the poem—so that the experience of reading Merwin is unlike the reading of any other poetry. In such famous books as The Lice, The Moving Target and (most recently) Opening the Hand, he has produced a body of work of great profundity and power made from the simplest and most beautiful poetic speech. Merwin can now rightfully be called a master, and this book shows in every way why this is the case.

How long is The Rain in the Trees?

The Rain in the Trees by W. S. Merwin is 97 pages long, and a total of 24,929 words.

This makes it 33% the length of the average book. It also has 30% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Rain in the Trees Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 16 minutes to read The Rain in the Trees aloud.

What Reading Level is The Rain in the Trees?

The Rain in the Trees 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.

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Where Can I Buy The Rain in the Trees?

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