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'''''Errantry''''' is a three-page long poem by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], first published in 1933.  
'''''Errantry''''' is a three-page long poem by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], first published in [[1933]]. Tolkien himself considered it his most attractive poem.


Tolkien commented it as "most attractive." It consists of a complex trisyllabic assonances with a metre that Tolkien invented, and was difficult enough that he never wrote another poem again in this style, though he later did develop another style from this, and the result was ''Eärendil the Mariner''.  
==Metre==
The poem has complex trisyllabic assonances with a metre that Tolkien invented, and was difficult enough that he never wrote another poem again in this style. A much shorter version would be included in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'': the ''[[Song of Eärendil]]''. ''Errantry'' was, within the Legendarium, envisioned as a song of [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] folklore.


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 (book)|The Road Goes Ever On]].
==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 (book)|The Road Goes Ever On]]''.  


''Errantry'' later came to be categorised as a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] poem from [[Middle-earth]].
==List of words==
Below is a partial list of rare and/or obsolete words used in the poem.


==Extract==
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aerie Aerie]'', or an invention that rhymes on ''[[Faerie]]''.
:"He battled with the Dumbledors,
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/argosy Argosies]''
:the Hummerhorns, and Honeybees,
*''Belmarie'' - unwnown, possibly an invention.
:and won the Golden Honeycomb, and running home on sunny seas,
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cardamom Cardamom]
:in ship of leaves and gossamer,
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chalcedony Chalcedony]
:with blossom for a canopy,
*''Derrilyn'' - unknown, possibly a invention.
:he sat and sang, and furbished up,
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dumbledore Dumbledors]'', see also ''[[Dumbledors]]''.
:and burnished up his panoply."
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/errantry Errantry]''
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/filament Filament]''
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/foray Foraying]''
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/furbish Furbished]''
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gondola Gondola]''
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gossamer Gossamer]''
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/habergeon Habergeon]''
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/honeycomb Honeycomb]''
*''Hummerhorns'' - see ''Dumbledors''.
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malachite Malachite]''
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Marigold Marigold]''
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/marjoram Marjoram]''
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/morion Morion]''
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Paladin Paladins]'', see also ''[[Paladin Took II]]''.
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/panoply Panoply]''
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plenilune Plenilune]''
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/provender Provender]''
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rove Roving]''
*''[http://www.answers.com/topic/sigaldry Sigaldry]''
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stalactite Stalactite]''
*''Thellamie'' - unknown, possibly an invention.
*''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tourney Tourneying]''
 
==References==
* ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', [[Many Meetings]]
* ''[[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil]]''
* ''[[The Road Goes Ever On (book)|The Road Goes Ever On]]''


[[category:Poems]]
[[category:Poems]]

Revision as of 19:49, 17 March 2008

Errantry is a three-page long poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, first published in 1933. Tolkien himself considered it his most attractive poem.

Metre

The poem has complex trisyllabic assonances with a metre that Tolkien invented, and was difficult enough that he never wrote another poem again in this style. A much shorter version would be included in The Fellowship of the Ring: the Song of Eärendil. Errantry was, within the Legendarium, envisioned as a song of Hobbit folklore.

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.

References

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