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I have never managed to read the Silmarillion it seemed terrible after I enjoyed Lord of the Rings(a favourite)(had to wait for it's section to come out.is there no hope for me?? P hopeless?? -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of meikamonagmail Sent: 26 March 2007 22:11 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Sinatra, Cave Lou Reed, Chalk, Poetry in Prose in fact my .before Country is my Silmarillion you see, 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 >>