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| Voices of Middle-Earth by Armariel | 4 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 29 on 8/18/2005 |
| Yes. Just, YES! Author Reply: At the time I re-read the passage that inspired this poem, I happened, coincidentally, to read also a story based on it on this site, in which Legolas gets a very negative impression of the caverns in it--they are "cold" and "dark" or something like that. The story was funny and cute, but I rather like to believe that Leggi just fell in love with those caves! How could he not? | |
| Farawyn | Reviewed Chapter: 29 on 7/22/2005 |
| Sorry I didn't review sooner, I was on vacation. That was very beautiful. I just knew you would write a poem from Legolas' POV. My favorite line: And I have learned the freshness of that which once was acrid, foreign, barricaded, aloof; I have learned to ascend and stretch in your untried shine and acclimate my soul to the richness of your valor... That was lovely. Now for the next!!! Author Reply: THanks! I just knew it too LOL Welcome back, wondered where you'd been keeping yourself! Hope it's not as hot where you are as it is here...eek! blessings & cheer Armariel~~~{~@ | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 29 on 7/19/2005 |
| two beings who once stood at blade's edge wishing not to cross into the spheres of each other's glowering but now bear friendship's colors and rejoice in the distant singing of waves that shall bear us to chambers yet unknown. This is absolutely beautiful. Author Reply: oooooohhhh thank you *gggggggg* I think this is one of my own favorites too................ xoxx Armariel~~~{~@ | |
| Eruanna | Reviewed Chapter: 29 on 7/18/2005 |
| Another lovely descriptive piece. Is there a name for the style/meter you used here? It seems to fit the same pattern in each stanza, and I really like that. (Sorry. I obviously don't know many poetry terms.) The pattern seems to turn the descriptions of the beauty of the caverns in the first stanza into a metaphor for the beauties of friendship in the second, and yet each remains distinct. The touch of the future in the last lines is just vague enough, and lends a touch of poignancy to the whole piece. Another great job. Blessings, Eruanna Author Reply: hi and thanks, Eruanna! No name, to my knowledge. But yes, I was deliberately trying to make the two verses parallel each other, although I didn't try to make the meters match exactly since I didn't want to feel TOO constricted that way. Just approximately, enough to show Legolas's twin discoveries: that he could find both beauty underground and friendship with a dwarf, neither of which he had ever once supposed he could do before. Just loved that passage in the book--so lovely and touching! Thanks once more for reviewing! xoxx Armariel~~~{~@ | |