How Long to Read The Verandah Poems

How Long Does it Take to Read The Verandah Poems?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 11 minutes to read The Verandah Poems by Jean Breeze

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

Description

The Verandah Poems is both a departure and a return for Jean 'Binta' Breeze, who left her village in Jamaica to become an internationally renowned Dub poet and storyteller. This is a book of coming home and coming to terms, of contemplation rather than contention - of mellow, musing, edgy poems drawn from the life and lives around her. It is Breeze's first new collection since Third World Girl: Selected Poems (2011), and is published on her 60th birthday. 'The third world girl, at home for a while, sets these attractive poems in rural Jamaica. Her verandah looks out on the sea, and she goes for a swim most mornings. The collection takes us well beyond the village, the bar across the road, and the men who proposition her. The easy-going voice talks of personal development, celebrates friends and family, comments on mortality, freedom, gender and class. The poet is examining, subtly, a more or less contented return to where her life began.' - Mervyn Morris

How long is The Verandah Poems?

The Verandah Poems by Jean Breeze is 71 pages long, and a total of 17,821 words.

This makes it 24% the length of the average book. It also has 22% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Verandah Poems Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 37 minutes to read The Verandah Poems aloud.

What Reading Level is The Verandah Poems?

The Verandah Poems is suitable for students ages 8 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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