Lalla Rookh vs Poems: Which Should You Read?
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Lalla Rookh
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Lalla Rookh is an Oriental romance by Thomas Moore, published in 1817. The title is taken from the name of the heroine, the daughter of the 17th-century Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The work consists of four narrative…
Poems
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From the book:Not that I love thy children, whose dull eyesSee nothing save their own unlovely woe,Whose minds know nothing, nothing care to know, -But that the roar of thy Democracies,Thy reigns of Terror, thy great…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Poems highest: Poems 3.9 · Lalla Rookh 3.6.
- Poems has the widest readership — 79 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Lalla Rookh | Poems | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (55) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 2.8 (2) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (79) |
Reception
| Lalla Rookh | Poems | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 55 | 79 |
| Editions | 111 | 53 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 370 | — |
| Reading it now | 9 | — |
| Written reviews | 13 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 1206 | 19870 |
| Pages | 296 | 214 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Lalla Rookh or Poems?
Poems has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Poems 3.9/5, Lalla Rookh 3.6/5).
Which is shorter to read: Lalla Rookh or Poems?
Poems is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Poems (214 pages, ≈ 3 h 58 m); Lalla Rookh (296 pages, ≈ 5 h 29 m).
Which is harder to read: Lalla Rookh or Poems?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Lalla Rookh: Demanding; Poems: Demanding.