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Judith Proctor ([personal profile] watervole) wrote2011-03-19 10:02 am
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Tom Bombdil

I'm re-reading Lord of the Rings after a break of quite a few years.  I've always liked the way Tolkien uses different speech patterns for different characters, but until now I hadn't realised that Tom Bombadil speaks in the same metre that he sings in.

I'm not sure what metre it is, but I can sing his dialogue to the same tunes that I can sing his songs to.
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