Day of doom vs Drum-taps: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: American poetry, Poetry
Day of doom
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"The Day of Doom: or, A Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgment" is a religious poem by clergyman Michael Wigglesworth that became a best-selling classic in Puritan New England for a century after it was…
Drum-taps
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"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…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Drum-taps highest: Drum-taps 4.0 · Day of doom 3.2.
- Drum-taps has the widest readership — 402 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Day of doom | Drum-taps | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.0 (77) | 4.0 (402) |
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Reception
| Day of doom | Drum-taps | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 77 | 402 |
| Editions | 46 | 106 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 95 | 13 |
| Written reviews | 13 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 320 |
| Pages | 95 | 158 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Day of doom or Drum-taps?
Drum-taps has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Drum-taps 4.0/5, Day of doom 3.2/5).
Which is shorter to read: Day of doom or Drum-taps?
Day of doom is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Day of doom (95 pages, ≈ 1 h 46 m); Drum-taps (158 pages, ≈ 2 h 56 m).
Which is harder to read: Day of doom or Drum-taps?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Day of doom: Demanding; Drum-taps: Demanding.