Poems in LOTR

[DDL]

I have never read a single poem in LOTR. Not one. It seems as if I get the sudden urge to fall asleep every time I try to read one. Am I missing out on something by skipping the poems?

[bacon]

Alot of times, yes. Some are very memorable. Some, like the bathtub song at Crickhollow, are not very interesting. The Road Goes Ever On is a good one, as is the very long poem that Aragorn tells to the Hobbits at... Weathertop, I believe, or by the trolls.

[DDL]

I think I completely lost interest in them afer that Bombadil guy..

[bacon]

LOL, Bombadil's got three chapters of poems...

[DDL]

Exactly.. *hides from the Bombadil fans*

[minyaliel]

*wonders why DDL is hiding from her lol *I like the poems. Alright, some were better than others, but that's how it'll always be. Oh, and if you ever try reading The Lays of Beleriand (HoME), you're going to start appreciate the shorter poetry of LotR (LB is a book consisting of, as far as I remember, only epic poetry. Imagine writing that! )

[DDL]

Oh no! *hides from the book of epic poetry*

I can't imagine writing it, much less reading it.

[minyaliel]

I've read them... and they're not really that bad, if you see the story instead of the poetry.... else, it can be quite tiring.

[DDL]

minyaliel said:

else, it can be quite tiring.

I bet it is. Bacon would like it if it were more romantic Err...nevermind.

[bacon]

Meh, romantic poems are boring.

I found one in the Two Towers that was interesting. I believe it is Aragorn or Legolas that recites it as they come to Edoras. It's also used in the movies; the speech Theoden uses before Helm's Deep. Can't remember... the horse and the rider one...

[minyaliel]

Oh, the thing about how Eorl rode down onto Edoras? Yeah, that's a nice one

[DDL]

Hmm..I don't seem to remember that one.

[bacon]

It's said in the movie.

[Trent]

"Where now are the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?" That's the most memorable part of that fantastic speech, and it is also all of it taht I can remember!! But alas, I have read every poem that I have come by in this fantastic series. And I agree with Master Bacon. The Road Goes Ever On was a very good one, and I think I've gotten something close to memorizing it.'

The road goes ever on and on.
Down from the door where it began.
And far ahead the road has gone.
And I must follow if I can.
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it meets some other way.


This is where my memory becomes fogged by darkness.

Some other way where many paths meet.
And where to then?
I cannot say.

[minyaliel]

The road goes ever on and on
down from the door where it began
now far ahead the road has gone
and I must follow if I can
pursuing it with weary feet
until it joins some larger way
where many paths and errands meet
and whither then?
I cannot say.

This is taken straight from memory - I did a setting of this poem on a Tolkien concert It's cute...

[Trent]

minyaliel said:

The road goes ever on and on
down from the door where it began
now far ahead the road has gone
and I must follow if I can
pursuing it with weary feet
until it joins some larger way
where many paths and errands meet
and whither then?
I cannot say.

This is taken straight from memory - I did a setting of this poem on a Tolkien concert It's cute...

Alas, I was close!! I said where paths meet, though I did not mention errands. And I said "Where to" instead of "Wither". And here I was thinking that I was far off.........

[minyaliel]

hehe. Well, good try.