Odes vs Rime of the ancient mariner: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: English poetry, Poetry
Odes
This groundbreaking new translation of Horace's most widely read collection of poetry is rendered in modern, metrical English verse rather than the more common free verse found in many other translations. Jeffrey H.…
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Rime of the ancient mariner
A mariner stops a man on his way to a wedding. The mariner then relates to the man all the events of a long sea voyage, arousing in his listener feeling of impatience, fear, fascination and bemusement.The Rime of the…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Rime of the ancient mariner is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 7 for Odes.
- Rime of the ancient mariner has the widest readership — 63811 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Odes | Rime of the ancient mariner | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (123) | 4.0 (63811) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 3.9 (73) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (33) |
Reception
| Odes | Rime of the ancient mariner | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 123 | 63811 |
| Editions | 127 | 156 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 5119 | 33970 |
| Reading it now | — | 1035 |
| Written reviews | 123 | 1983 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2928 | 26526 |
| Pages | 424 | 44 |