How Long to Read Waka-Cola: A Tanka Guide to Pop Art

How Long Does it Take to Read Waka-Cola: A Tanka Guide to Pop Art?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 10 minutes to read Waka-Cola: A Tanka Guide to Pop Art by R. W. Watkins

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

Description

Begun two decades ago as a tanka sequence dedicated to Roy Lichtenstein, R. W. Watkins's Waka-Cola is the long-awaited fourth title in the Poetical Perspectives series from Nocturnal Iris. Throughout the volume, Watkins pays tribute to most of the major American masters of 1950s and ?60s pop art and neo-dada, utilising the Japanese tanka?or waka?form of poetry to emulate their styles and concepts. Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenburg, James Rosenquist, George Segal and Ray Johnson are celebrated ever so imaginatively by Watkins, all the while adhering to the traditional 5-7-5-7-7 syllabic structure. The result is a short collection that both demonstrates the poet's ability to transcend the perceived limits of the waka form, and serves as a poetic reflexion of the mid 20th century New York art scene. Highly visual in their application and pop-cultural in their subject matter, these poems foreshadow similar projects forthcoming in the PP series; so watch this space....

How long is Waka-Cola: A Tanka Guide to Pop Art?

Waka-Cola: A Tanka Guide to Pop Art by R. W. Watkins is 68 pages long, and a total of 17,544 words.

This makes it 23% the length of the average book. It also has 21% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Waka-Cola: A Tanka Guide to Pop Art Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 35 minutes to read Waka-Cola: A Tanka Guide to Pop Art aloud.

What Reading Level is Waka-Cola: A Tanka Guide to Pop Art?

Waka-Cola: A Tanka Guide to Pop Art is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

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