Ariel vs Drum-taps: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: American poetry, Poetry
Ariel
"A restored edition of Sylvia Plath's collection of poems that were published after her death that restores the selection and arrangement of the poems as Plath left them at the point of her death." Upon the publication…
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Drum-taps
"Walt Whitman worked as a nurse in an army hospital during the Civil War and published Drum-Taps, his war poems, as the war was coming to an end. Later, the book came out in an expanded form, including 'When Lilacs Last…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Ariel has the widest readership — 92334 ratings behind its score.
- Ariel runs the darker storyline; Drum-taps stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Ariel | Drum-taps | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (92334) | 4.0 (402) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (104) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (14) | — |
Reception
| Ariel | Drum-taps | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 92334 | 402 |
| Editions | 57 | 106 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 165705 | 13 |
| Reading it now | 3844 | — |
| Written reviews | 5874 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3712 | 320 |
| Pages | 96 | 158 |