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'''''Errantry''''' is a [[Hobbit]] poem which was probably composed by [[Bilbo Baggins]], shortly after his return from the [[Lonely Mountain]] in {{TA|2941}}, and probably having heard Elvish tales of the [[First Age]]. The attribution to Bilbo is made because of its similarity to the ''[[Song of Eärendil]]'', believed to be a transformed and applied to the legend of [[Earendil]] version of this poem. | '''''Errantry''''' is a [[Hobbit]] poem which was probably composed by [[Bilbo Baggins]], shortly after his return from the [[Lonely Mountain]] in {{TA|2941}}, and probably having heard Elvish tales of the [[First Age]]. The attribution to Bilbo is made because of its similarity to the ''[[Song of Eärendil]]'', believed to be a transformed and applied to the legend of [[Earendil]] version of this poem. | ||
While it referred to original [[Elvish]] names, they were probably fictitious. | |||
''Errantry'' was actually one of the cyclical nonsense poems which amused [[Hobbits]], although this one is the longest and most elaborate of the kind found in the [[Red Book]] | |||
It is a three-page long poem by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], first published in [[1933]]. Tolkien himself considered it his most attractive poem. The meter is his own invention and never wrote another in this style. | |||
==Metre== | ==Metre== | ||
The poem has complex trisyllabic assonances with | The poem has complex trisyllabic assonances with an original metre invented by Bilbo, and was obviously proud of them. Such do not appear in other pieces in the Red Book. | ||
==Melody== | ==Melody== | ||
Revision as of 03:00, 9 March 2011
Errantry is a Hobbit poem which was probably composed by Bilbo Baggins, shortly after his return from the Lonely Mountain in T.A. 2941, and probably having heard Elvish tales of the First Age. The attribution to Bilbo is made because of its similarity to the Song of Eärendil, believed to be a transformed and applied to the legend of Earendil version of this poem.
While it referred to original Elvish names, they were probably fictitious.
Errantry was actually one of the cyclical nonsense poems which amused Hobbits, although this one is the longest and most elaborate of the kind found in the Red Book
It is a three-page long poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, first published in 1933. Tolkien himself considered it his most attractive poem. The meter is his own invention and never wrote another in this style.
Metre
The poem has complex trisyllabic assonances with an original metre invented by Bilbo, and was obviously proud of them. Such do not appear in other pieces in the Red Book.
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 - unknown, possibly an invention.
- Cardamom
- Chalcedony
- Derrilyn - unknown, possibly a invention.
- Dumbledors, see also Dumbledors.
- Errantry
- Faerie
- 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
