Poems vs The situation and the story: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: American prose literature, English prose literature
Poems
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Volume 1. This book contains all the essays and reviews that W.H. Auden wrote during the years when he was living in England, and also includes the full original versions of his two illustrated travel books, Letters…
The situation and the story
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"All narrative writing must pull from the raw material of life a tale that will shape experience, transform event, deliver a bit of wisdom. In a story or a novel the "I" who tells this tale can be, and often is, an…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Poems highest: Poems 4.2 · The situation and the story 3.8.
- Poems has the widest readership — 7550 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Poems | The situation and the story | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (7550) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 3.7 (6) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (5) |
Reception
| Poems | The situation and the story | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7550 | 6 |
| Editions | 34 | 6 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 10012 | — |
| Reading it now | 214 | — |
| Written reviews | 212 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 19870 | — |
| Pages | 223 | 169 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Poems or The situation and the story?
Poems has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Poems 4.2/5, The situation and the story 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: Poems or The situation and the story?
The situation and the story is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The situation and the story (169 pages, ≈ 3 h 08 m); Poems (223 pages, ≈ 4 h 08 m).
Which is harder to read: Poems or The situation and the story?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Poems: Demanding; The situation and the story: Challenging.