How Long to Read Selected Poems

How Long Does it Take to Read Selected Poems?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 23 minutes to read Selected Poems by Sheila Burke

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

Description

In this collection, poems written across many years share the page with bold, new offerings to celebrate a serious poet whose language is lyric and evocative. Sheila Burke commemorates and confronts events we will all recognize, paying special attention to those issues women have struggled with in the tumultuous 20th Century. She extols motherhood and experiments with the new roles of women. She examines mental illness, the disintegration of a marriage and particularly, the indignities of aging. Influenced by Robert Lowell's groundbreaking workshop at Harvard during the late 1950s, she...

How long is Selected Poems?

Selected Poems by Sheila Burke is 202 pages long, and a total of 50,904 words.

This makes it 68% the length of the average book. It also has 62% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Selected Poems Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 38 minutes to read Selected Poems aloud.

What Reading Level is Selected Poems?

Selected Poems is suitable for students ages 12 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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