Barrack-room ballads and Departmental ditties vs Barrack-room ballads and other verses: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Soldiers, Poetry
Barrack-room ballads and Departmental ditties
For the modern reader of Kipling's Barrack-Room Ballads - among the most enduringly popular poems ever published in England - some explanation of their contemporary expressions and allusions and their military context…
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Barrack-room ballads and other verses
“"What are the bugles blowin' for?" said Files-on-Parade.”
"Barrack Room Ballads and Other Verses" is a seminal collection of poetry by Rudyard Kipling that captures the grit, humor, and daily struggles of the British soldier during the height of the British Empire. Written…
The verdict
- Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.
Scores by source
| Barrack-room ballads and Departmental ditties | Barrack-room ballads and other verses | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 2.8 (5) |
Reception
| Barrack-room ballads and Departmental ditties | Barrack-room ballads and other verses | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | — | 5 |
| Editions | 45 | 94 |
| Want to read | — | 8 |
| Written reviews | — | 1 |
| Pages | 174 | 208 |