Tolkien is Not Yeats - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

03-25-2002, 07:03 PM

For my money, Tolkien is a BETTER poet than Yeats! In particular, I point to "Errantry" from The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and the Finrod-vs.-Sauron passage of the Lay of Leithian. I have a bias toward narrative poetry, true, but nobody other than Poe can do with words what Tolkien can...
-Tevildo, Prince of Cats.

[ March 25, 2002: Message edited by: Tom Tildrum ]

03-25-2002, 07:03 PM	#1
Tevildo Guest Posts: n/a	For my money, Tolkien is a BETTER poet than Yeats! In particular, I point to "Errantry" from The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and the Finrod-vs.-Sauron passage of the Lay of Leithian. I have a bias toward narrative poetry, true, but nobody other than Poe can do with words what Tolkien can... -Tevildo, Prince of Cats. [ March 25, 2002: Message edited by: Tom Tildrum ]