Poems vs Poems: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Poetry as Topic, American poetry, Poetry
Poems
The long awaited comprehensive and authoritative edition. The Poetry of Robert Frost brings together for the first time the full contents of all eleven of Frost's individual books of verse, from A Boy's Will through In…
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Poems
Poetry (from the Greek word poiesis, "making") is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, literal or surface-level meanings.…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Poems is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Poems.
- Poems has the widest readership — 483 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Poems | Poems | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (483) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (4) | 4.0 (6) |
| Apple Books | 3.0 (6) | — |
Reception
| Poems | Poems | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 483 | 6 |
| Editions | 47 | 54 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 815 | — |
| Reading it now | 113 | — |
| Written reviews | 48 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 19870 | 19870 |
| Pages | 259 | 410 |