A Collection of Ballads vs Rhymes a la Mode: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: English Ballads, Poetry
A Collection of Ballads
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This is a song book. When the learned first gave serious attention to popular ballads, from the time of Percy to that of Scott, they laboured under certain disabilities. The Comparative Method was scarcely understood,…
Rhymes a la Mode
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Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Rhymes a la Mode is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 4 for A Collection of Ballads.
- A Collection of Ballads has the widest readership — 10 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| A Collection of Ballads | Rhymes a la Mode | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.2 (10) | 4.0 (3) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 3.0 (1) |
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Reception
| A Collection of Ballads | Rhymes a la Mode | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 10 | 3 |
| Editions | 47 | 47 |
| Want to read | 54 | 17 |
| Reading it now | 11 | — |
| Pages | 225 | 38 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: A Collection of Ballads or Rhymes a la Mode?
Rhymes a la Mode has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Rhymes a la Mode 3.8/5, A Collection of Ballads 3.6/5).
Which is shorter to read: A Collection of Ballads or Rhymes a la Mode?
Rhymes a la Mode is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Rhymes a la Mode (38 pages, ≈ 42 min); A Collection of Ballads (225 pages, ≈ 4 h 10 m).
Which is harder to read: A Collection of Ballads or Rhymes a la Mode?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — A Collection of Ballads: Demanding; Rhymes a la Mode: Demanding.