How Long to Read Twenty First Century Blues

How Long Does it Take to Read Twenty First Century Blues?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 52 minutes to read Twenty First Century Blues by Richard Cecil

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

Description

Death, fame, art, and religion become comic subjects in Twenty First Century Blues, the fourth collection from Richard Cecil.Whether elegizing his predecessors, predicting his own end, channeling Dickinson’s “corpse-eye-view of stony death,” or imagining Yeats living in Indiana and dealing with English department politics, Cecil tempers his morbidity with a straightforward, tender brand of humor and a refreshing honesty about the shelf life of contemporary poetry. Deadpan and dark, yet pulsing with the spirit of life, these poems speak of historic France, Italy, and Switzerland, where religious persecutions, ancient catastrophes, and other, less personal, failures overshadow the disappointments and shortcomings of the poet’s modern life in the Midwest. Grimly cheered by these revelations, Cecil shows that poets, like cicadas screaming in the summer air, “won’t shut up until we’re skeletons.”

How long is Twenty First Century Blues?

Twenty First Century Blues by Richard Cecil is 112 pages long, and a total of 28,224 words.

This makes it 38% the length of the average book. It also has 34% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Twenty First Century Blues Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 34 minutes to read Twenty First Century Blues aloud.

What Reading Level is Twenty First Century Blues?

Twenty First Century Blues 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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