How long does it take to read The Complete Poems?
The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton takes about 11 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 24 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1981. 622 pages, about 171,050 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 24 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From the joy and anguish of her own experience, Sexton fashioned poems that told truths about the inner lives of men and women. This book comprises Sexton's ten volumes of verse, including the Pulitzer Prize-winner Live or Die, as well as seven poems form her last years.
Subjects: American Women poets, American poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Poetry as Topic, Women authors
