How Long to Read The Second Four Books of Poems

How Long Does it Take to Read The Second Four Books of Poems?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 30 minutes to read The Second Four Books of Poems by William Stanley Merwin

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

Description

W.S. Merwin was born in New York City in 1927 and grew up in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He worked as a tutor in France, Portugal, and Majorca, and has translated from French, Spanish, Latin and Portugese. He has published more than a dozen volumes of orignal poetry and several volumes of prose. Mr. Merwin has been awarded the Tanning Prize, the Pulitzer and Bollingen prizes, the Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, the Shelley Memorial Award, the Pen Translation Prize, and many other honors. He lives in Haiku, Hawaii. W.S. Merwin's Second Four Books of Poems includes some of the most startlingly original and influential poetry of the second half of this century, a poetry that has moved, as Richard Howard has written, from preterition to presence to prophecy. Other books by M.S. Merwin available from Consortium: East Window (Copper Canyon Press), 1-55659-091-1 The First Four Books of Poems (Copper Canyon Press), 1-55659-139-X Flower & Hand (Copper Canyon Press), 1-55659-119-5

How long is The Second Four Books of Poems?

The Second Four Books of Poems by William Stanley Merwin is 330 pages long, and a total of 82,500 words.

This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 101% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Second Four Books of Poems Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 30 minutes to read The Second Four Books of Poems aloud.

What Reading Level is The Second Four Books of Poems?

The Second Four Books of Poems 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.

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