How long does it take to read The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-century American Poetry?
The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-century American Poetry by Rita Dove takes about 10 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 59 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2011. 599 pages, about 164,725 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 18 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 52 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An anthology of twentieth-century American poetry, featuring Wallace Stevens, T.S. Eliot, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Hayden, Gwendolyn Brooks, Derek Walcott, Adrienne Rich, John Ashbery, Anne Sexton, and many others.
Subjects: American poetry
