How long does it take to read Poems?
Poems by Elizabeth Bishop takes about 5 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 16 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1956. 287 pages, about 78,925 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 46 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A collection of 149 poems by the author.
Subjects: American poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Poetry as Topic
