How long does it take to read Omeros?
Omeros by Derek Walcott takes about 5 hours 58 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 58 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1990. 325 pages, about 89,375 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 58 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A poem in five books, of circular narrative design, titled with the Greek name for Homer, which simultaneously charts two currents of history: the visible history charted in events -- the tribal losses of the American Indian, the tragedy of African enslavement -- and the interior, unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile.
Subjects: Poetry (poetic works by one author), American poetry
