Poetry was a common motif in The Lord of the Rings. Poems had both emotional and practical applications. The importance of poetry in Middle-earth stemmed from J. R. R. Tolkien's background. Poems and ...

If you have read The Lord of the Rings, there is a good chance that you skipped over one or more of the 75 songs and poems in J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy epic. Yet long before he was the "father of ...