How Long to Read William Lisle Bowles - The Spirit of Discovery

How Long Does it Take to Read William Lisle Bowles - The Spirit of Discovery?

It takes the average reader and 59 minutes to read William Lisle Bowles - The Spirit of Discovery by William Lisle Bowles

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Description

William Lisle Bowles was born on 24th September 1762 at King's Sutton in Northamptonshire. His great-grandfather, grandfather and his father, William Thomas Bowles, had all been parish priests and inevitably Bowles would join their line. In 1789 Bowles published, a small quarto volume, Fourteen Sonnets, which was received with extraordinary praise, not only by the general public, but by such revered poets as Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Wordsworth. After receiving his degree at Oxford, Bowles now began his career in service to the Church of England. His years of service perhaps diminished both his stature as a poet and certainly the way he was viewed. For much of his career Bowles was seen as rather soft when set against his contemporaries but in the end his ability as a poet was enshrined, after a long and ferocious attack against him, by the principles he so eloquently wrote about and adhered too. In personality and nature Bowles was said to be an amiable, absent-minded, but rather eccentric man. His poems speak warmly of a refinement of feeling, tenderness, and pensive thought, but are lacking in power and passion. But that should not diminish their value or appreciation to us. Bowles maintained that images drawn from nature are poetically finer than those drawn from art; and that in the highest kinds of poetry the themes or passions handled should be of the general or elemental kind, and not the transient manners of any society. As well as his poetry Bowles was also responsible for writing a Life of Bishop Ken (in two volumes, 1830-1831), Coombe Ellen and St. Michael's Mount (1798), The Battle of the Nile (1799), and The Sorrows of Switzerland (1801). William Lisle Bowles died on April 7th, 1850 at the age of 87.

How long is William Lisle Bowles - The Spirit of Discovery?

William Lisle Bowles - The Spirit of Discovery by William Lisle Bowles is 58 pages long, and a total of 14,964 words.

This makes it 20% the length of the average book. It also has 18% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read William Lisle Bowles - The Spirit of Discovery Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 21 minutes to read William Lisle Bowles - The Spirit of Discovery aloud.

What Reading Level is William Lisle Bowles - The Spirit of Discovery?

William Lisle Bowles - The Spirit of Discovery is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

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