Tolkien is Not Yeats - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Faenaduial · 02-21-2003, 12:44 PM

Yes Yeats is a great poet but this guy is missing the point. LoTR is not a book of poetry. The poetry and song contained in the books is meant to be common poetry and song which the characters might use or songs in the vain of minstrels recording history.

They don't get in the way of the story, they help advance the story or give you some background on a given topic.

Anyway since the review was published in 2001 and I haven't seen book sales of LoTR declining, I don't think anyone listened to this horrible rant.

02-21-2003, 12:44 PM	#1
Faenaduial Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Mirkwood - 710 miles WtR Posts: 246	Yes Yeats is a great poet but this guy is missing the point. LoTR is not a book of poetry. The poetry and song contained in the books is meant to be common poetry and song which the characters might use or songs in the vain of minstrels recording history. They don't get in the way of the story, they help advance the story or give you some background on a given topic. Anyway since the review was published in 2001 and I haven't seen book sales of LoTR declining, I don't think anyone listened to this horrible rant. __________________ Risk everything, or gain nothing. -- Geoffrey De Charny, 1358 Don't cry because it's over; smile because it happened.