How Long to Read The Witch Hazel

How Long Does it Take to Read The Witch Hazel?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 21 minutes to read The Witch Hazel by George Caspar Homans

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

Description

"In earlier days, again, verse seems to have been as natural a mode in which to express oneself as prose. Even if it is not poetry, interesting things can still be said in verse. That is the way I have tried to treat it, and have used it to deal both with my more personal and with my more public interests."-from the Introduction. Though he is a sociologist and not a poet by trade, George Caspar Homans, from early childhood on, has read and loved poetry in English and other languages. In it he has found a vehicle for expressing his more personal thoughts and emotions. The Witch Hazel consists of poems, mostly lyrical, written from time to time in the course of his lifetime. Professor Homans has decided to preserve them in this volume in the hope that they will give pleasure or be of interest to others. The poems deal with a great variety of Homans' interests: women, the New England landscape and seascape, his personal anxieties and self-examinations, history, war, politics, and even sociology itself. The volume also includes a few of his translations from Greek, Latin, and Provencal verse. The sheer variety of its subjects adds further interest to the volume. Not incidentally they illumine our knowledge of Homans gleaned from his acclaimed autobiography, Coming To My Senses. Professor Homans may be the only sociologist who has published a volume of his poems. He has done so in the hope that they will reveal a sociologist as a living, breathing, passionate human being. As Karen Hunt commented in reviewing his autobiography, "There is Homans the Boston Brahmin, Homans the historian, Homans the literary critic, and, in what must be a rare glimpse into his soul, Homans the poet." The Witch Hazel Ounds out our understanding of one of the major intellectual figures of our time.

How long is The Witch Hazel?

The Witch Hazel by George Caspar Homans is 141 pages long, and a total of 35,391 words.

This makes it 48% the length of the average book. It also has 43% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Witch Hazel Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 13 minutes to read The Witch Hazel aloud.

What Reading Level is The Witch Hazel?

The Witch Hazel 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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