How long does it take to read Understanding Poetry?
Cleanth Brooks, Robert Penn Warren
Understanding Poetry by Cleanth Brooks, Robert Penn Warren takes about 10 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 52 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1938. 593 pages, about 163,075 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 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 52 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 48 minutes |
The page count is the median across 35 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Narrative and descriptive poems exemplifying the key elements are presented and analyzed.
Subjects: American poetry, American poetry (Collections), English poetry, English poetry (Collections), Poetics, Poetry, history and criticism
