Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Autobiography
Lauren Huff is a senior at William Mason High School. She is an employee at Chick-Fil-A and a member of the Good Book Club and National Honors Society at her school. She runs her school blood drive and has been in the honors english program at the high school for four years. Middle Earth has always played a big part of her life, at first, as a childhood world to explore but as time progressed it became a fascinating literary achievement to be examined. She finds that the world Tolkien creates is so believable, so intricate, that it is almost as if one could step right into the pages, Mary Poppins style. Lauren is excited to have you here today and hopes you will enjoy her blog.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
AP Style Multiple Choice Questions
Lauren Huff
AP Multicultural Literature
Ms. Nichole Wilson
16 January 2013
Questions 1-5. Choose answers to questions 1-5 based on a careful reading of the following excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.
AP Multicultural Literature
Ms. Nichole Wilson
16 January 2013
Questions 1-5. Choose answers to questions 1-5 based on a careful reading of the following excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.
The face of Elrond was ageless, neither old nor young, though in it was written the
memory of many things both glad and sorrowful. His hair was dark as the shadow of twilight and upon it was set a circle of silver; his eyes were grey as a clear evening, and in them was a light like the light of stars. Venerable he seemed as a king crowned with many winters, and yet hale as
(5) a tried warrior in the fullness of his strength. He was the Lord of Rivendell and mighty among both Elves and Men.
1. In line 11 “Grey as a cloudless night.” refers to
The correct answer is “B” because in the passage it says “the light of the stars was in her bright eyes, grey as a cloudless night”. It’s directly referring to her eyes, not her dress, not Elrond’s eyes, not her emotions and not the light of the stars. The light of stars is also describing her eyes and thus is not being described by “grey as a cloudless night”
2. Lines 1-2 (The face/ sorrowful) best serve to
The correct answer is “C”. The ambiguous language the author uses creates a mysterious image around Elrond and who he is. The description is meant to show that Elrond is mysterious not to confuse the reader, and his personality isn’t addressed. The description is describing a person not the city of Rivendell and this isn’t providing any details about his past it’s a first impression that a character has of Elrond.
3. This passage is all of the following except:
The correct answer is “C” because the excerpt isn’t trying to persuade the reader of anything it is simply giving a description. It is a description of Elrond because Elrond is described. It is a description of Arwen because Arwen is descibed. It is told from the third person point of view because it uses words like “he”, “she”, “it” and never refers to the narrator as “I”. It also refers to the observer as “Frodo”. It’s a narrative because it’s told in a story format.
4. Based on the voice in the passage the reader can infer that the speaker is
The correct answer is “A” because the character, Frodo, describes the two as if it’s his first impression of them. The passage also says that he “guessed” that Arwen was related to Elrond, if he already knew her he wouldn’t have to guess. There is no evidence to support that Frodo is scared, tired or planning on confronting Elrond and if he were omniscient he wouldn’t have to guess that Arwen and Elrond were related.
5. In the passage, Arwen is described as having
I. flawless skin
II. a queenly aura
III. grey eyes “like a clear evening” (Tolkien 254)
The correct answer is “D”. I is correct because in the passage Arwen is directly stated as having a “flawless” face. She’s also described as being “queenly” so II is correct also. Elrond is described as having grey eyes “like a clear evening” so III is wrong. Since only I and II are correct “D” must be the answer.
Questions 6-10. Choose answers to questions 6-10 based on a careful reading of the following poem from The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.
The leaves were long, the grass was green,
The hemlock-umbels tall and fair,
And in the glade a light was seen
Of stars in shadow shimmering.
(5) Tinuviel was dancing there
To music of a pipe unseen,
And light of stars was in her hair,
And in her raiment glimmering.
There Beren came from mountains cold,
(10) And lost he wandered under leaves,
And where the Elven-river rolled
He walked alone and sorrowing.
He peered between the hemlock-leaves
And saw in wonder flowers of gold
(15) Upon her mantle and her sleeves,
And her hair like shadow following.
Enchantment healed his weary feet
That over hills were doomed to roam;
And forth he hastened, strong and fleet,
(20) And grasped at moonbeams glistening.
Through woven woods in Elvenhome
She lightly fled on dancing feet,
And left him lonely still to roam
In the silent forest listening.
(25) He heard there oft the flying sound
Of feet as light as linden-leaves,
Or music welling underground,
In hidden hollows quavering.
Now withered lay the hemlock-sheaves,
(30) And one by one with sighing sound
Whispering fell the beechen leaves
In the wintry woodland wavering.
He sought her ever, wandering far
Where leaves of years were thickly strewn,
(35) By light of moon and ray of star
In frosty heavens shivering.
Her mantle glinted in the moon,
As on a hill-top high and far
She danced, and at her feet was strewn
(40) A mist of silver quivering.
When winter passed, she came again,
And her song released the sudden spring,
Like rising lark, and falling rain,
And melting water bubbling.
(45) He saw the elven-flowers spring
About her feet, and healed again
He longed by her to dance and sing
Upon the grass untroubling.
Again she fled, but swift he came.
(50) Tinuviel! Tinuviel!
He called her by her elvish name;
And there she halted listening.
One moment stood she, and a spell
His voice laid on her: Beren came,
(55) And doom fell on Tinuviel
That in his arms lay glistening.
As Beren looked into her eyes
Within the shadows of her hair,
The trembling starlight of the skies
(60) He saw there mirrored shimmering.
Tinuviel the elven-fair,
Immortal maiden elven-wise,
About him cast her shadowy hair
And arms like silver glimmering.
(65) Long was the way that fate them bore,
O’er stony mountains cold and grey,
Through halls of iron and darkling door,
And woods of nightshade morrowless.
The Sundering Seas between them lay,
(70) And yet at last they met once more,
And long ago they passed away
In the forest singing sorrowless.
6. The word “ doom” in line 55 can best be defined as
The correct answer is “A” because Tinuviel, by meeting Beren, is meeting her fate she’s not coming to ruin or being pressed to perform a judgement and doesn’t have to enact anything legal related. She’s also not striking a drum she’s looking at Beren so “E” is incorrect.
7. Lines 33-36 best serve to
The correct answer is “A” because the passage says Beren “sought her ever, wandering far” it’s not describing the way Tinuviel danced. It does mention the seasons but the point of it is not to show the seasons. The passage never mentions why exactly he’s pursuing her, at least in the selected section and it never states where Tinuviel was dancing to, just that Beren was following after her.
8. The poem is all of the following except
The correct answer is “E” there is no support for the poem being angry in tone, neither Tinuviel nor Beren is angry at anyone. The poem is, however, separated into eight lines a stanza or octets it is a long poem about a hero and thus an epic it does have an ABACBABC rhyme structure and because Beren ends up losing Tinuviel then reuniting with her in the afterlife it does have a nostalgic tone to it.
9. Based on the pathetic fallacy in the poem the reader can infer
The correct answer is “D” because based on the way it’s cold, wintry and “sorrowful” before Tinuviel shows up it shows that Beren is sad. Cold is generally not associated with happiness especially because in this poem Tinuviel’s entrance brings on a “sudden spring”. Beren doesn’t want to bring doom upon her and he’s unhappy following her because he’s described as being in winter again. Tinuviel is also running away from him so it wouldn’t make sense if she wanted to meet him.
10. Beren’s calling of Tinuviel’s name in line 50 serves to
I. show the adamancy with which he wishes to see her
II. add emphasis to a key turning point in the poem
III. show Beren’s strong anger at always having Tinuviel flee from him
The correct answer is “D”. I is correct because Beren has been pursuing Tinuviel for a long time and he loves her. The way he calls her name twice shows he really wants to see her. II is correct because after he calls her name out the rhyme scheme of the poem changes and he unites with Tinuviel in a relationship and ends his sadness so it’s a turning point. III is incorrect because there is no support that Beren is angry at having Tinuviel flee from him. If I and II only are correct then “D” must be the correct answer.
In the middle of the table, against the woven cloths upon the wall, there was a chair under a canopy, and there sat a lady fair to look upon, and so like was she in form of womanhood to Elrond that Frodo guessed that she was one of his close kindred. Young was she and yet not so.
(10) The braids of her dark hair were touched by no frost; her white arms and clear face were flawless and smooth, and the light of stars was in her bright eyes, grey as a cloudless night; yet queenly she looked, and thought and knowledge were in her glance, as of one who has known many things that the years bring. Above her brow her head was covered with cap of silver lace netted with small gems, glittering white; but her soft grey raiment had no ornament save a girdle
(15) of leaves wrought in silver.
1. In line 11 “Grey as a cloudless night.” refers to
- Arwen’s dress
- Arwen’s eyes
- Elrond’s eyes
- the sadness reflected in Arwen’s relationship with her father
- the light of the stars
The correct answer is “B” because in the passage it says “the light of the stars was in her bright eyes, grey as a cloudless night”. It’s directly referring to her eyes, not her dress, not Elrond’s eyes, not her emotions and not the light of the stars. The light of stars is also describing her eyes and thus is not being described by “grey as a cloudless night”
2. Lines 1-2 (The face/ sorrowful) best serve to
- confuse the reader
- describe Elrond’s personality
- present Elrond as mysterious and wise
- give a description or Rivendell
- give background information on Elrond
The correct answer is “C”. The ambiguous language the author uses creates a mysterious image around Elrond and who he is. The description is meant to show that Elrond is mysterious not to confuse the reader, and his personality isn’t addressed. The description is describing a person not the city of Rivendell and this isn’t providing any details about his past it’s a first impression that a character has of Elrond.
3. This passage is all of the following except:
- a description of Elrond
- a description of Arwen
- a persuasive essay
- told in from the third person point of view
- a narrative
The correct answer is “C” because the excerpt isn’t trying to persuade the reader of anything it is simply giving a description. It is a description of Elrond because Elrond is described. It is a description of Arwen because Arwen is descibed. It is told from the third person point of view because it uses words like “he”, “she”, “it” and never refers to the narrator as “I”. It also refers to the observer as “Frodo”. It’s a narrative because it’s told in a story format.
4. Based on the voice in the passage the reader can infer that the speaker is
- meeting Elrond and Arwen for the first time
- omniscient
- scared
- tired
- planning on confronting Elrond
The correct answer is “A” because the character, Frodo, describes the two as if it’s his first impression of them. The passage also says that he “guessed” that Arwen was related to Elrond, if he already knew her he wouldn’t have to guess. There is no evidence to support that Frodo is scared, tired or planning on confronting Elrond and if he were omniscient he wouldn’t have to guess that Arwen and Elrond were related.
5. In the passage, Arwen is described as having
I. flawless skin
II. a queenly aura
III. grey eyes “like a clear evening” (Tolkien 254)
- I only
- II only
- III only
- I and II only
- I, II, and III
The correct answer is “D”. I is correct because in the passage Arwen is directly stated as having a “flawless” face. She’s also described as being “queenly” so II is correct also. Elrond is described as having grey eyes “like a clear evening” so III is wrong. Since only I and II are correct “D” must be the answer.
Questions 6-10. Choose answers to questions 6-10 based on a careful reading of the following poem from The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.
The leaves were long, the grass was green,
The hemlock-umbels tall and fair,
And in the glade a light was seen
Of stars in shadow shimmering.
(5) Tinuviel was dancing there
To music of a pipe unseen,
And light of stars was in her hair,
And in her raiment glimmering.
There Beren came from mountains cold,
(10) And lost he wandered under leaves,
And where the Elven-river rolled
He walked alone and sorrowing.
He peered between the hemlock-leaves
And saw in wonder flowers of gold
(15) Upon her mantle and her sleeves,
And her hair like shadow following.
Enchantment healed his weary feet
That over hills were doomed to roam;
And forth he hastened, strong and fleet,
(20) And grasped at moonbeams glistening.
Through woven woods in Elvenhome
She lightly fled on dancing feet,
And left him lonely still to roam
In the silent forest listening.
(25) He heard there oft the flying sound
Of feet as light as linden-leaves,
Or music welling underground,
In hidden hollows quavering.
Now withered lay the hemlock-sheaves,
(30) And one by one with sighing sound
Whispering fell the beechen leaves
In the wintry woodland wavering.
He sought her ever, wandering far
Where leaves of years were thickly strewn,
(35) By light of moon and ray of star
In frosty heavens shivering.
Her mantle glinted in the moon,
As on a hill-top high and far
She danced, and at her feet was strewn
(40) A mist of silver quivering.
When winter passed, she came again,
And her song released the sudden spring,
Like rising lark, and falling rain,
And melting water bubbling.
(45) He saw the elven-flowers spring
About her feet, and healed again
He longed by her to dance and sing
Upon the grass untroubling.
Again she fled, but swift he came.
(50) Tinuviel! Tinuviel!
He called her by her elvish name;
And there she halted listening.
One moment stood she, and a spell
His voice laid on her: Beren came,
(55) And doom fell on Tinuviel
That in his arms lay glistening.
As Beren looked into her eyes
Within the shadows of her hair,
The trembling starlight of the skies
(60) He saw there mirrored shimmering.
Tinuviel the elven-fair,
Immortal maiden elven-wise,
About him cast her shadowy hair
And arms like silver glimmering.
(65) Long was the way that fate them bore,
O’er stony mountains cold and grey,
Through halls of iron and darkling door,
And woods of nightshade morrowless.
The Sundering Seas between them lay,
(70) And yet at last they met once more,
And long ago they passed away
In the forest singing sorrowless.
6. The word “ doom” in line 55 can best be defined as
- fate or destiny
- ruin; death
- a judgement, decision, or sentence
- a statute, enactment, or legal judgement
- The sound a drum makes when it’s struck
The correct answer is “A” because Tinuviel, by meeting Beren, is meeting her fate she’s not coming to ruin or being pressed to perform a judgement and doesn’t have to enact anything legal related. She’s also not striking a drum she’s looking at Beren so “E” is incorrect.
7. Lines 33-36 best serve to
- emphasize the adamancy with which Beren searched for Tinuviel
- describe Tinuviel’s marvelous dancing
- describe what seasons were passing
- explain Beren’s motives in pursuing Tinuviel
- show where Tinuviel was dancing to
The correct answer is “A” because the passage says Beren “sought her ever, wandering far” it’s not describing the way Tinuviel danced. It does mention the seasons but the point of it is not to show the seasons. The passage never mentions why exactly he’s pursuing her, at least in the selected section and it never states where Tinuviel was dancing to, just that Beren was following after her.
8. The poem is all of the following except
- separated into octets
- an epic
- an ABACBABC rhyme structure
- nostalgic in tone
- angry in tone
The correct answer is “E” there is no support for the poem being angry in tone, neither Tinuviel nor Beren is angry at anyone. The poem is, however, separated into eight lines a stanza or octets it is a long poem about a hero and thus an epic it does have an ABACBABC rhyme structure and because Beren ends up losing Tinuviel then reuniting with her in the afterlife it does have a nostalgic tone to it.
9. Based on the pathetic fallacy in the poem the reader can infer
- Tinuviel is angry that Beren has been following her
- Beren only wants to bring doom upon Tinuviel
- Beren is happy when he’s following Tinuviel
- Beren is unhappy before he encounters Tinuviel for the first time
- Tinuviel yearns to meet Beren
The correct answer is “D” because based on the way it’s cold, wintry and “sorrowful” before Tinuviel shows up it shows that Beren is sad. Cold is generally not associated with happiness especially because in this poem Tinuviel’s entrance brings on a “sudden spring”. Beren doesn’t want to bring doom upon her and he’s unhappy following her because he’s described as being in winter again. Tinuviel is also running away from him so it wouldn’t make sense if she wanted to meet him.
10. Beren’s calling of Tinuviel’s name in line 50 serves to
I. show the adamancy with which he wishes to see her
II. add emphasis to a key turning point in the poem
III. show Beren’s strong anger at always having Tinuviel flee from him
- I only
- II only
- III only
- I and II only
- I, II, and III
The correct answer is “D”. I is correct because Beren has been pursuing Tinuviel for a long time and he loves her. The way he calls her name twice shows he really wants to see her. II is correct because after he calls her name out the rhyme scheme of the poem changes and he unites with Tinuviel in a relationship and ends his sadness so it’s a turning point. III is incorrect because there is no support that Beren is angry at having Tinuviel flee from him. If I and II only are correct then “D” must be the correct answer.
Close Reading Essay Based on Poetry Selection (The Tale of Tinuviel)
Lauren Huff
AP Multicultural Literature
Ms. Nichole Wilson
14 February 2013
AP Multicultural Literature
Ms. Nichole Wilson
14 February 2013
The Deeper Meaning of a Poem
“The Tale of Tinuviel” by J.R.R. Tolkien has to do more with the character, Aragorn. This is a poem he speaks aloud, it’s a poem that speaks of a wandering human man who meets a beautiful immortal Elven woman. This seems to be a direct reference to his own romance with the Elf, Arwen. This poem seems to allow the reader a peek into what Aragorn is truly feeling. He tells the story “softly” in “Fellowship” and when he tells of the story behind it, his face is animated and excited (Fellowship 219). It seems overtly evident that he is thinking of the one he loves, Arwen, through this telling of this sorrowful poem. “Unattainable” seems to be a key theme in this poem and in “Fellowship”. Every time Beren tries to come close to Tinuviel, she flees on “dancing feet” (Tinuviel Line 22) The characters in “Fellowship” also seem to be hovering on the brink of ‘unattainable’. What they wish for, a life of peace and happiness, is impossible because of this terrible burden that has been passed to them (the ring). When the Fellowship enters Lothlorien, the elven city in the forest, they are given the option to stay or leave and continue the quest. It is a choice that each character has to make for themselves. Ultimately they all decide to continue just like Beren chooses to continue following Tinuviel though he has to pass through “wintry woodland” (Tinuviel Line 32) to get there.
Literary devices in this poem are used to lend emphasis to important lines or words. Anastrophe is a prominently used device. When Beren speaks of mountains he calls them “mountains cold,” (Tinuviel Line 9) when he speaks of stars he calls them “stars in shadows shimmering,” (Tinuviel Line 4). This is continuous throughout the entire 72 lines of the poem and it’s purpose is to add emphasis to the noun being described. It does this by taking the order of words the reader will be used to (shimmering stars, cold mountains) and flipping to two words around. The odd wording adds a momentary pause and draws attention to the word that may have been overlooked before. The way that it is used so much draws attention to the importance the author puts on description. The reader acutely feels the way the stars looked, the way the elven maiden danced and the way Beren felt when she was gone. This brings the reader into the poem and makes the sadness and emotion much more real. The rhyme scheme for the first 5 stanzas of the poem is ABACBABC and it creates a steady and lonely feeling. This rhyme scheme is changed in stanza 6 to create emphasis because that’s the stanza where he meets Tinuviel. It also represents the way love feels, his thoughts are scrambled, his heart is beating fast and the poem speeds up for the reader. The rhythm remains irregular from stanza to stanza throughout the rest of the poem to show the permanent change that has taken place in him by meeting Tinuviel.
Close Reading Essay Based on Poetry Selection (Bilbo's Walking Song)
Lauren Huff
AP Multicultural Literature
Ms. Nichole Wilson
15 January 2013
AP Multicultural Literature
Ms. Nichole Wilson
15 January 2013
The Deeper Meaning of a Poem
“Bilbo’s Walking Song” by J.R.R. Tolkien related thematically to “The Fellowship of the Ring” because, of course, it was written by the same man but also in its content. It is a song Bilbo Baggins taught to Frodo Baggins long before this book takes place and the song’s themes are leaving home to find adventure, finding something different than was expected on that adventure and finally returning home to warmth and comfort. These are central themes of “Fellowship.” Frodo leaves the Shire, a place that represents comfort and security and heads out on a journey. He realizes it’s not as easy or exactly what he wanted and yearns for home; he feels that he is “condemned to [a] hopeless journey (Fellowship 305). The nature imagery in the beginning of the poem reflects the childlike innocence the speaker has when desiring to go on a journey, by the end the imagery includes “mist” and “shadow” which indicate mystery and fear. Though it doesn’t occur at the end of this book, at the end of the “Lord of the Rings” series, Frodo returns home like at the end of the poem.
Personification is also a commonly used literary device in the poem. The speaker, at the end of each stanza, addresses a number of inanimate objects then either speaks to the journeyer or to the objects themselves as if they can understand. He bids the “Sand and stone and pool and dell” (Bilbo’s Line 19) “Fare you well!” (Bilbo’s Line 20) as if they need well-wishing. This adds to the peaceful mood of the poem and relates to the theme of the journey in “Fellowship”. This is a song that’s hummed while Frodo and his companions walk. It has a peaceful, rhythmic, feeling to it made up of rhyming couplets that reflect the feeling of walking. It also discusses the belief that inanimate objects in nature have a sort of connection and harmony with living things. The hobbits, on their journey in “Fellowship” go from living in Hobbiton , a place where people are shielded from the changing world around them, to aware of the needs to other and more empathetic. They are, like the speaker in the poem, more connected to things around them.
Poetry Selection (The Tale of Tinuviel)
The Tale of Tinuviel
J.R.R. Tolkien
The leaves were long, the grass was green,
The hemlock-umbels tall and fair,
And in the glade a light was seen
Of stars in shadow shimmering.
Tinuviel was dancing there
To music of a pipe unseen,
And light of stars was in her hair,
And in her raiment glimmering.
There Beren came from mountains cold,
And lost he wandered under leaves,
And where the Elven-river rolled
He walked alone and sorrowing.
He peered between the hemlock-leaves
And saw in wonder flowers of gold
Upon her mantle and her sleeves,
And her hair like shadow following.
Enchantment healed his weary feet
That over hills were doomed to roam;
And forth he hastened, strong and fleet,
And grasped at moonbeams glistening.
Through woven woods in Elvenhome
She lightly fled on dancing feet,
And left him lonely still to roam
In the silent forest listening.
He heard there oft the flying sound
Of feet as light as linden-leaves,
Or music welling underground,
In hidden hollows quavering.
Now withered lay the hemlock-sheaves,
And one by one with sighing sound
Whispering fell the beechen leaves
In the wintry woodland wavering.
He sought her ever, wandering far
Where leaves of years were thickly strewn,
By light of moon and ray of star
In frosty heavens shivering.
Her mantle glinted in the moon,
As on a hill-top high and far
She danced, and at her feet was strewn
A mist of silver quivering.
When winter passed, she came again,
And her song released the sudden spring,
Like rising lark, and falling rain,
And melting water bubbling.
He saw the elven-flowers spring
About her feet, and healed again
He longed by her to dance and sing
Upon the grass untroubling.
Again she fled, but swift he came.
Tinuviel! Tinuviel!
He called her by her elvish name;
And there she halted listening.
One moment stood she, and a spell
His voice laid on her: Beren came,
And doom fell on Tinuviel
That in his arms lay glistening.
As Beren looked into her eyes
Within the shadows of her hair,
The trembling starlight of the skies
He saw there mirrored shimmering.
Tinuviel the elven-fair,
Immortal maiden elven-wise,
About him cast her shadowy hair
And arms like silver glimmering.
Long was the way that fate them bore,
O’er stony mountains cold and grey,
Through halls of iron and darkling door,
And woods of nightshade morrowless.
The Sundering Seas between them lay,
And yet at last they met once more,
And long ago they passed away
In the forest singing sorrowless.
J.R.R. Tolkien
The leaves were long, the grass was green,
The hemlock-umbels tall and fair,
And in the glade a light was seen
Of stars in shadow shimmering.
Tinuviel was dancing there
To music of a pipe unseen,
And light of stars was in her hair,
And in her raiment glimmering.
There Beren came from mountains cold,
And lost he wandered under leaves,
And where the Elven-river rolled
He walked alone and sorrowing.
He peered between the hemlock-leaves
And saw in wonder flowers of gold
Upon her mantle and her sleeves,
And her hair like shadow following.
Enchantment healed his weary feet
That over hills were doomed to roam;
And forth he hastened, strong and fleet,
And grasped at moonbeams glistening.
Through woven woods in Elvenhome
She lightly fled on dancing feet,
And left him lonely still to roam
In the silent forest listening.
He heard there oft the flying sound
Of feet as light as linden-leaves,
Or music welling underground,
In hidden hollows quavering.
Now withered lay the hemlock-sheaves,
And one by one with sighing sound
Whispering fell the beechen leaves
In the wintry woodland wavering.
He sought her ever, wandering far
Where leaves of years were thickly strewn,
By light of moon and ray of star
In frosty heavens shivering.
Her mantle glinted in the moon,
As on a hill-top high and far
She danced, and at her feet was strewn
A mist of silver quivering.
When winter passed, she came again,
And her song released the sudden spring,
Like rising lark, and falling rain,
And melting water bubbling.
He saw the elven-flowers spring
About her feet, and healed again
He longed by her to dance and sing
Upon the grass untroubling.
Again she fled, but swift he came.
Tinuviel! Tinuviel!
He called her by her elvish name;
And there she halted listening.
One moment stood she, and a spell
His voice laid on her: Beren came,
And doom fell on Tinuviel
That in his arms lay glistening.
As Beren looked into her eyes
Within the shadows of her hair,
The trembling starlight of the skies
He saw there mirrored shimmering.
Tinuviel the elven-fair,
Immortal maiden elven-wise,
About him cast her shadowy hair
And arms like silver glimmering.
Long was the way that fate them bore,
O’er stony mountains cold and grey,
Through halls of iron and darkling door,
And woods of nightshade morrowless.
The Sundering Seas between them lay,
And yet at last they met once more,
And long ago they passed away
In the forest singing sorrowless.
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