yes, that's why I asked, world building and narrative issues...
meika
On 27/03/2007, at 0:31, kasper salonen wrote:
> now that you mention it the Silmarillion has a whole hell of a lot of
> poetry mixed in with the prose, mainly because it's a sort of mega
> creation/folk tale amalgam & the poetry represents 'actual' stories
> told from generation to the next. also the world is created through
> song, which makes songs (& therefore lyrics) central to the narration.
>
> KS
>
> On 25/03/07, meikamonagmail <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> On 25/03/2007, at 2:42, Cindy Lee wrote:
>>
>> > Poetry in Prose - did anyone read the piece(s?) in Harry Potter -
>> > Order of the Phoenix, I think?
>> >
>> > Off to retrieve footballs from next door's back garden...
>> >
>> > Cindy
>>
>> no but I'll ask the other,
>> if truth be told I first came across it in Tolkien's Middle Earth...
>>
>> meika
>> http:/meika.loofs-samorzewski.com
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