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Originally Posted by Aiwendil
I don't see where Tolkien used "by thou", which would be quite a surprising error from him.
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Not "by thou." I'm referring to "neither thou nor any son of Fëanor" in §194 of the Grey Annals.
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If the rhyme using "reek" is strongly preferred to "triple peak", we might make it a little clearer
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I like that.
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It's four feet, yes, but three of those feet are dactyls instead of iambs or trochees. Scanning through Tolkien's verse in this lay, I can't find any lines that do that
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I can think of one, line 189 of the Lay Recommenced:
- no shadow of Morgoth, and no evil thing
And he did use 10 syllables every so often (not an exhaustive list):
- and secretly, alone, would peril dare,
- of many a bird, the pattering fall
- great powers, and towers, and strong walls shake;
- in the land of the Valar long ago;
- in dream and wandering.’ Whispering low
- The wolves whimpering and yammering fled
- thou shalt learn the power of Elfinesse!’
- in the dark corridors. ‘A guileful oath
- Then clear in the silence the cold words rang