Poems vs Tender Buttons: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Modern Poetry, Poetry

Cover of Poems

Poems Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 1844 ★★★★☆ 4.1 526 pages · ≈ 9 h 44 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of Tender Buttons

Tender Buttons Gertrude Stein · 1914 ★★★★☆ 3.6 51 pages · ≈ 57 min · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Poems higher: 4.1 vs 3.6 from 748 votes.
Tender Buttons is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 9 for Poems.

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