Poems by John Keats vs The Barrack-Room Ballads of Rudyard Kipling: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Collected works, English poetry, Poetry
Poems by John Keats
Twenty-five poems by one of the English Romantic poets of the early nineteenth century.
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The Barrack-Room Ballads of Rudyard Kipling
For the modern reader of Kipling's Barrack-Room Ballads - among the most enduringly popular poems ever published in England - some explanation of their contemporary expressions and allusions and their military context…
The verdict
- Readers rate Poems by John Keats highest: Poems by John Keats 4.0 · The Barrack-Room Ballads of Rudyard Kipling 3.7.
- The Barrack-Room Ballads of Rudyard Kipling is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 5 for Poems by John Keats.
- Poems by John Keats has the widest readership — 81 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Poems by John Keats | The Barrack-Room Ballads of Rudyard Kipling | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (81) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 3.0 (3) |
Reception
| Poems by John Keats | The Barrack-Room Ballads of Rudyard Kipling | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 81 | 3 |
| Editions | 200 | 133 |
| Want to read | 1283 | — |
| Pages | 302 | 80 |