How Long to Read Yunus Emre Selected Poems

How Long Does it Take to Read Yunus Emre Selected Poems?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read Yunus Emre Selected Poems by Yunus Emre

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

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YUNUS EMRE SELECTED POEMS (Large Print & Large Format Edition) Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Yunus Emre (d. 132o) is considered one of the most important Turkish poets having a great influence on Turkish literature from his own time until today. His poems concern divine love as well as human love of the Divine as God and the Perfect Master, Beloved, Friend and human destiny and weakness. Little is known of his life other than he became a Sufi dervish Perfect Master (Qutub). A contemporary of Rumi, it is told the two great souls met: Rumi asked Yunus what he thought of his huge work, the Mesnevi. Yunus said, "Excellent! But I would have done it differently." Surprised, Rumi asked how. Yunus replied, "I'd have written, 'I came from the eternal, clothed myself in flesh, took the name Yunus.'" This illustrates his simple approach that has made him loved by many. He died in 1320 the year Hafiz was born and was a great influence on him, Hafiz knew Turkish. Here is the largest selection of his poems translated into English in the form of the gazel he mainly used & a mesnevi. The rhyme-structure has been kept as well as beauty and meaning of these beautiful, powerful, mystical poems. Introduction: Life, Times, Form and History & Function of the gazel, Sufism & Poetry, Turkish Poetry & Language, Bibliography. Large Print 16pt & Large Format Paperback 8" x 10" Pages 350 Paul Smith (b.1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Baba Farid, Mu'in, Lalla Ded, Seemab, Jigar, Abu Nuwas, Ibn al-Farid, Iqbal and others and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books, plays and screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa

How long is Yunus Emre Selected Poems?

Yunus Emre Selected Poems by Yunus Emre is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.

This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Yunus Emre Selected Poems Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read Yunus Emre Selected Poems aloud.

What Reading Level is Yunus Emre Selected Poems?

Yunus Emre Selected Poems is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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