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bartlebybleaney's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't care much for the longer pieces, the dialect infused into the poems, or the loose meter in a lot of it. However, I really enjoyed the short lyrical poems; I'd have read more of that sort. It's obvious Melville is quite capable of metrical proficiency, so it's curious that he did so poorly (to my ear) in a lot of places. Worth the read all the same.
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