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'''''Errantry''''' is a three-page long poem by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], first published in 1933. | '''''Errantry''''' is a three-page long poem by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], first published in [[1933]]. Tolkien himself considered it his most attractive poem. | ||
==Metre== | |||
The poem has complex trisyllabic assonances with a metre that Tolkien invented, and was difficult enough that he never wrote another poem again in this style. A much shorter version would be included in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'': the ''[[Song of Eärendil]]''. ''Errantry'' was, within the Legendarium, envisioned as a song of [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] folklore. | |||
This poem was set to music by [[Donald Swann]]. The sheet music and an audio recording are part of the song-cycle [[The Road Goes Ever On (book)|The Road Goes Ever On]]. | ==Melody== | ||
This poem was set to music by [[Donald Swann]]. The sheet music and an audio recording are part of the song-cycle ''[[The Road Goes Ever On (book)|The Road Goes Ever On]]''. | |||
==List of words== | |||
Below is a partial list of rare and/or obsolete words used in the poem. | |||
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aerie Aerie]'', or an invention that rhymes on ''[[Faerie]]''. | |||
: | *''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/argosy Argosies]'' | ||
: | *''Belmarie'' - unwnown, possibly an invention. | ||
: | *''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cardamom Cardamom] | ||
: | *''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chalcedony Chalcedony] | ||
: | *''Derrilyn'' - unknown, possibly a invention. | ||
: | *''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dumbledore Dumbledors]'', see also ''[[Dumbledors]]''. | ||
: | *''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/errantry Errantry]'' | ||
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/filament Filament]'' | |||
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/foray Foraying]'' | |||
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/furbish Furbished]'' | |||
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gondola Gondola]'' | |||
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gossamer Gossamer]'' | |||
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/habergeon Habergeon]'' | |||
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/honeycomb Honeycomb]'' | |||
*''Hummerhorns'' - see ''Dumbledors''. | |||
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malachite Malachite]'' | |||
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Marigold Marigold]'' | |||
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/marjoram Marjoram]'' | |||
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/morion Morion]'' | |||
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Paladin Paladins]'', see also ''[[Paladin Took II]]''. | |||
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/panoply Panoply]'' | |||
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plenilune Plenilune]'' | |||
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/provender Provender]'' | |||
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rove Roving]'' | |||
*''[http://www.answers.com/topic/sigaldry Sigaldry]'' | |||
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stalactite Stalactite]'' | |||
*''Thellamie'' - unknown, possibly an invention. | |||
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tourney Tourneying]'' | |||
==References== | |||
* ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', [[Many Meetings]] | |||
* ''[[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil]]'' | |||
* ''[[The Road Goes Ever On (book)|The Road Goes Ever On]]'' | |||
[[category:Poems]] | [[category:Poems]] |
Revision as of 19:49, 17 March 2008
Errantry is a three-page long poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, first published in 1933. Tolkien himself considered it his most attractive poem.
Metre
The poem has complex trisyllabic assonances with a metre that Tolkien invented, and was difficult enough that he never wrote another poem again in this style. A much shorter version would be included in The Fellowship of the Ring: the Song of Eärendil. Errantry was, within the Legendarium, envisioned as a song of Hobbit folklore.
Melody
This poem was set to music by Donald Swann. The sheet music and an audio recording are part of the song-cycle The Road Goes Ever On.
List of words
Below is a partial list of rare and/or obsolete words used in the poem.
- Aerie, or an invention that rhymes on Faerie.
- Argosies
- Belmarie - unwnown, possibly an invention.
- Cardamom
- Chalcedony
- Derrilyn - unknown, possibly a invention.
- Dumbledors, see also Dumbledors.
- Errantry
- Filament
- Foraying
- Furbished
- Gondola
- Gossamer
- Habergeon
- Honeycomb
- Hummerhorns - see Dumbledors.
- Malachite
- Marigold
- Marjoram
- Morion
- Paladins, see also Paladin Took II.
- Panoply
- Plenilune
- Provender
- Roving
- Sigaldry
- Stalactite
- Thellamie - unknown, possibly an invention.
- Tourneying