Drum-taps vs Tales of a wayside inn: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: American poetry, Poetry

Cover of Drum-taps

Drum-taps Walt Whitman · 1865 ★★★★☆ 4.0 158 pages · ≈ 2 h 56 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of Tales of a wayside inn

Tales of a wayside inn Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1863 ★★★★☆ 3.9 237 pages · ≈ 4 h 23 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.0 vs 3.9 — either is a safe pick by score.

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