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I missed class again (forgot again.). So here are my random thoughts on the last stanza and our finale. Regress to stanza 5, like Dr. O did: He could have written something that ended with "see" in keeping with the previous rhyme scheme but he didn't - he used "know". Why? The "know" is a kind...

Gandalf not the traitor: So, after Gandalf visits Gondor, Gollum is caught and taken to Mirkwood. We thought maybe this was because they had facilities to hold him and were more open to keeping prisoners at all. But also, maybe Aragorn and Gandalf sought the help of Mirkwood because it is not...

Summary: Gandalf is placed in the whistleblower’s dilemma. He wonders if he’s been influenced by the Dark Power himself. Everything he does is designed to hide his activities from the White Council. Other scrolls about the ring in Gondor may have been hidden or taken. Telltale: "But I spoke...

Might the "O Antiphons" have something to do with why Tolkien chose 7 as the number of days until the Company had to leave? You mentioned they left on Christmas Day so I just searched for anything related to the 7 days before Christmas Day and saw this article on Wikipedia. Do I recall...