Balladz by Sharon Olds

Balladz

Sharon Olds

176 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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At the time of have-not, I look at myself in this mirror, writes Olds in this self-scouring, exhilarating volume, which opens with a section of quarantine poems, and at its center boasts what she calls Amherst Balladz (whose syntax honors Emily Di...

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3.57
based on 101 reviews

Moods

emotional: 90%

reflective: 68%

sad: 63%

challenging: 36%

dark: 18%

funny: 13%

mysterious: 13%

hopeful: 4%

informative: 4%

inspiring: 4%


Pace

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40% of readers chose medium
50% of readers chose slow
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