Masaryk University Faculty of Arts Department of English and American Studies
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J R R Tolkien as a Great English Poet of
5. Conclusion
From all of the pieces of literature presented in this paper it is obvious that Tolkien is a poet. He has the greatest skill to use poetry as some kind of a vehicle. He uses poetry in his prose books, when he needs to express some mood or to highlight some important moment. As a scholar, poetry in his hands becomes an instrument to explain a term, to bring people closer to works of art and the literary tradition. He also experiments with poetry – he creates a short drama from Old English epic poem or combines Norse and English features of alliterative verse into one piece of work. It seems that poetry is some kind of a tool for him that can be explained by the fact that his poetry is most beautiful and worthy in consideration with what is connected to it – short poems and riddles as a part of a book, translations as derivations from the originals, adaptations as parts of famous literary traditions. It always has some higher purpose. On the other hand, he very seldom writes something really different. He experiments with the formal aspect, even though the alliterative verse is his favourite, but the content has always something to do with fantasy and medieval literature. He never publishes a collection of poems with a different content, so we may only guess whether they would be successful or not. J. R. R. Tolkien is half poet and half prose-writer. And only because these two traits developed inside of his mind equally and simultaneously he could produce masterpieces that are loved by millions of people around the world. As Humphrey Carpenter put it in his iograph a out Tolkie ´s ork - even "though in prose, it is a poetic work" (Carpenter 85). Works Cited Carpenter, Humphrey. J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Print. Hall, J. R. Clark, C. L. Wrenn, and J. R. R. Tolkien. Beowulf and the Finnesburg Fragment: Translated into Modern English Prose. London: Allen & Unwin, 1950. Print. Tolkien, J. R. R., E. V. Gordon Songs for the Philologists London: University College, 1936. Print. Tolkien, J. R. R. " The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún." [ePub Edition] : J. R. R. Tolkien, Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Aug. 2013. epub-edition-j-r-r-tolkien-9780007323074>. Tolkien, J. R. R. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo. London: Unwin Paperbacks, 1979. Print. Tolkien, J. R. R. The Fall of Arthur. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2013. Print. Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again. London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2006. Print. Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. London: HarperCollins, 2007. Print. Tolkien, J. R. R. The Monsters and the Critics. London: HarperCollins, 1997. Print. Tolkien, J. R. R. "John Ronald Reuel Tolkien The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun(1945)." John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun. Aerius, 2004. Web. 28 Aug. 2013. Tolkien, J. R. R. "Mythopoeia." Mythopoeia by J.R.R. Tolkien. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Aug. 2013. Tolkien, J. R. R. "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil by J.R.R. Tolkien_free Online Reading Books." Readanybooks.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Aug. 2013. Tolkien, J. R. R. "The Lays of Beleriand." EbookBrowsee.net. N.p., 8 May 2013. Web. 28 Aug. 2013. Tolkien, J. R. R. "The Lost Road and Other Writings." EbookBrowsee.net. N.p., 24 Feb. 2012. Web. 28 Aug. 2013. Tolkien, J. R. R. "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son." California State University Northridge. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Aug. 2013. Download 291.97 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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