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fictionadventurer · 2 months ago

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I don't think we talk often enough about how amazing a poet J.R.R. Tolkien was.

I just read The Lay of Arthur and it was amazing. I got to the battle scene and was so caught up in the excitement and the sound that I just had to read it aloud. It was its own kind of adrenaline rush. I haven't been caught up in poetry like that in a long time.

#tolkien #the lay of arthur #poetry #breaking news: the guy who became a philologist because he liked the sounds of languages writes some good-sounding poetry #i never understood old english alliterative poetry until now #one of the september reading moods i forgot to talk about #was a mood for medieval-ish things #it started with 'the napoleon of notting hill'#but branched out more to a 'ballad of the white horse' vibe #so this fit perfectly #and beowulf is also on my list

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