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Gil-galad was an Elven-king.
Of him the harpers sadly sing:
The last whose realm was fair and free
Between the mountains and the sea.
His sword was long, his lance was keen.
His shining helm afar was seen.
The countless stars of heaven's field
Were mirrored in his silver shield.
But long ago he rode away,
And where he dwelleth none can say.
For into darkness fell his star;
In Mordor, where the shadows are.
JRR Tolkien
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John Callahan (10/26/2007 9:10:00 AM)
It is still a poem despite being in a book of fiction. It can be read as a poem, though the reader needs to know some background from the Lord of the Rings trilogy to get the meaning. It and others from the books are still excellent pieces of poetry. |
Michael Hockenbarger (8/28/2007 10:46:00 AM)
Not really. People need to put Tolkien's poems into context. They are all part of stories in his books. They are not stand-alone poems like Walt Whitman's or Edgar Poe's. They play an intricate part in great stories and books, but it just looks stupid if one tries to analyze it as a stand alone poem, because it ends up getting compared with other poems, which doesn't make sense considering the context of the verses. Gil-Galad was an elven King. Gil-Galad the fair, elven king of lore, whose story is told in the histories of Middle Earth, while this poem was uttered by Aragorn during the Lord of the Rings trilogy. |
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