Thanks, Estelyn, for the great examples. Mount Doom as a dragon. Yes, Nar, I think it gets my vote - er - but I sure do like Chrysophylax - augh! I can't decide. [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img]
Sharku, thanks for your examples also. I love alliterative verse. It just sparkles - if you like it, I suppose. Some people seem to think that it's over the top. Not me.
At the Forbidden Pool in Henneth Annun:
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...the torrent fell, splashing over many terraces, and then, pouring down a steep race, it filled a smooth-hewn channel with a dark force of water flecked with foam, and curling and rushing almost at their feet it plunged sheer over the edge that yawned upon their left....Frodo turned to watch the sleek necks of the water as it curved and dived...white as the teeth of ghosts, the peaks of Ered Nimrais...
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I'm actually having difficulty imagining 'white as the teeth of ghosts' for those mountains...
[ May 21, 2002: Message edited by: littlemanpoet ]