Poems vs The Barrack-Room Ballads of Rudyard Kipling: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: English poetry, Poetry

Cover of Poems

Poems George Meredith · 1851 ★★★★☆ 3.8 623 pages · ≈ 11 h 32 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Barrack-Room Ballads of Rudyard Kipling

The Barrack-Room Ballads of Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling · 1892 ★★★★☆ 3.7 80 pages · ≈ 1 h 29 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.8 vs 3.7 — either is a safe pick by score.
The Barrack-Room Ballads of Rudyard Kipling is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 11 for Poems.

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