Cantos vs The Song of Hiawatha and Other Poems: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: American poetry, English poetry, Poetry

Cover of Cantos

Cantos Ezra Pound · 1858 151 pages · ≈ 2 h 48 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Song of Hiawatha and Other Poems

The Song of Hiawatha and Other Poems Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1800 ★★★★☆ 4.0 354 pages · ≈ 6 h 33 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Cantos is the quicker read — about 2 hours vs 6 for The Song of Hiawatha and Other Poems.

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