How long does it take to read On Poetry and Poets?
[essays]
On Poetry and Poets by T. S. Eliot takes about 5 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 39 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1957. 308 pages, about 84,700 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 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
1. On poetry, The social function of poetry -- The music of poetry -- What is minor poetry? -- What is a classic? -- Poetry and drama -- The three voices of poetry -- The frontiers of criticism -- 2. On poets, Virgil and the Christian world -- Sir John Davies -- Milton I -- Milton II -- Johnson as critic and poet -- Byron -- Goethe as the sage -- Rudyard Kipling -- Yeats.
Subjects: Poésie anglaise, Critique et interprétation, History and criticism, Poetry, Histoire et critique, Poètes anglais
