I just passed listening to episode 134, when Corey was looking at the rhythm of the poem that came from Gondor in a prophetic dream. This is how I worked out the rhythm, with "o" being a stressed syllable and "-" being an unstressed.
o - - o - - o -
o - o - - o
o - - o - o -
o - - o - o
o - - o - o -
- o - o - o
- - o - o - o -
- - o - o - o
Seek for the sword that was broken:
In Imladris it dwells;
There shall be counsels taken
Stronger than Morgul-spells.
There shall be shown a token
That Doom is near at hand,
For Isildore's bane shall waken,
And the Halfling forth shall stand.
Reading this poem with the above rhythm of stressed-unstressed syllables helps in three ways. Number one, which I think gave Corey the most trouble, is that the Elvish names of Imladris and Isildore are given their proper pronounciation, with the second syllable of each name stressed (as is my name, btw: In-DIL-wen. On Twitch my name is Indilwen_of_Rivendel. Yes, I messed up the spelling of Rivendell [over-hasty fingers, I'm afraid] and I can't figure out how to correct it. Any help would be greatly appreciated).
Anyway ...
Number two, it shows an interesting stressed-unstressed scheme at the beginning of each line. Looking at the first syllable of the first five lines, one can see that they are all stressed. The sixth line breaks the pattern by beginning with an unstressed syllable, and sets up the next two lines, which both begin with double-unstressed syllables.
Number three, looking at the last syllable of each line, one noticed a pattern of unstressed syllable, stressed syllable, unstressed syllable, stressed syllable, for all eight lines. Now THAT is pretty amazing, even without considering the intricate rhyme-scheme Tolkien uses. He is unquestionably a master poet, among his myriad other accomplishments.
o - - o - - o -
o - o - - o
o - - o - o -
o - - o - o
o - - o - o -
- o - o - o
- - o - o - o -
- - o - o - o
Seek for the sword that was broken:
In Imladris it dwells;
There shall be counsels taken
Stronger than Morgul-spells.
There shall be shown a token
That Doom is near at hand,
For Isildore's bane shall waken,
And the Halfling forth shall stand.
Reading this poem with the above rhythm of stressed-unstressed syllables helps in three ways. Number one, which I think gave Corey the most trouble, is that the Elvish names of Imladris and Isildore are given their proper pronounciation, with the second syllable of each name stressed (as is my name, btw: In-DIL-wen. On Twitch my name is Indilwen_of_Rivendel. Yes, I messed up the spelling of Rivendell [over-hasty fingers, I'm afraid] and I can't figure out how to correct it. Any help would be greatly appreciated).
Anyway ...
Number two, it shows an interesting stressed-unstressed scheme at the beginning of each line. Looking at the first syllable of the first five lines, one can see that they are all stressed. The sixth line breaks the pattern by beginning with an unstressed syllable, and sets up the next two lines, which both begin with double-unstressed syllables.
Number three, looking at the last syllable of each line, one noticed a pattern of unstressed syllable, stressed syllable, unstressed syllable, stressed syllable, for all eight lines. Now THAT is pretty amazing, even without considering the intricate rhyme-scheme Tolkien uses. He is unquestionably a master poet, among his myriad other accomplishments.
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