Retarded question but whatever. Roughly how long should it take

>>9197429
6 hours

It's a poem so it's not hugely long, but it has archaic text at times (and also it assumes the reader has some basic familiarity with christianity).

>Now morn, her rosy steps in th' eastern clime
>Advancing, sow'd the earth with orient pearl,
>When Adam wak'd, so custom'd; for his sleep
>Was aery light, from pure digestion bred.

So in terms of difficulty it's not Finnegans Wake but neither is it Harry Potter.

5 hours

>>9197429
3 hours 50 minutes

2 hours

>>9197429
However long it takes.

I'm currently reading it for the first time. The ideas are manageable, but it's most challenging aspect, for me, is the style as this anon >>9197464 pointed out.

Took me a couple sittings to get used to the prose. But you can fly through it once you're used to it. Some scenes do drag on, but it's definitely worth it to tough out the whole thing.

i probably spent about 30min-1hr a book, trying to really mull it over as i went along