How long does it take to read An Introduction to Poetry?
An Introduction to Poetry by X. J. Kennedy takes about 9 hours 19 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 19 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1966. 508 pages, about 139,700 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 31 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 19 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Poetics, English poetry, American poetry, History and criticism, Poétique, Poésie anglaise
