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Originally Posted by Mithalwen
Well I think that this Tom is a better poet..touch of the William Carlos Williams quality.
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Do I foresee a duel--(red) wheelbarrows at dawn?
Poetry of course is 9/10ths taste, but for me the really interesting aspect of the original Bombadillo--well, there are several--is the fact that even his prose is rhythmic, metred. Nonsense as he is, there's quite a bit to old Tom if one scratches the surface, like much in Tolkien.