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Originally Posted by Morthoron
Both W.H. Auden's and C.S. Lewis's reviews of various Tolkien publications both almost read like poetry.
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But the Shire, the placid home of the hobbits, is set in an ancient and ruinous world; the surrounding waste is dotted with the vestiges of vanished kingdoms, and by half-known roads uncanny wanderers bring rumours of unpleasant doings in the south.
Not quite poetry but as well as having a concise grasp on the situation there are some poetic phrases -"vestiges of vanished kingdoms" and "uncanny wanderers"...