08-31-2004, 07:37 PM | #1 | |
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A poem
This is from How to Become Ridiculously Well-Read in One Evening, compiled by E. O. Parrott (Viking, Penguin Books, 1985). Its a collection of spoofs (about 1 page apiece, attempting to cleverly summarize famous works of literature). They range from letters to poems to sonnets to newspaper headlines to conversations. I posted two Austen ones in the Jane Austen thread.
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09-01-2004, 02:08 AM | #2 |
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That's great
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Then Huor spoke and said: "Yet if it stands but a little while, then out of your house shall come the hope of Elves and Men. This I say to you, lord, with the eyes of death: though we part here for ever, and I shall not look on your white walls again, from you and me a new star shall arise. Farewell!" The Silmarillion, Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Page 230 |
09-01-2004, 08:59 PM | #3 |
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Good stuff but Strider wasnt always chased by a rider was he?
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LOL!
That's awesome, I totally want that book now. But he left out Merry and Pippin and Treebeard... oh yeah, one page. Well, Aragorn was probably chased by a Rider at some point. Poetic liscence! He needed "constantly" to keep the meter right!
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09-07-2004, 10:07 AM | #5 |
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I like it! Not nearly as smart-alecky as it might have been.
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