Article Title

Poetry as Metaphor inThe Lord of the Rings

Authors

William Reynolds

Artists and Illustrations Included in This Record

Artist
Annette Harper

Abstract

Close examination of the three versions of the Walking Song in The Lord of the Rings that shows how it captures the themes of the book in miniature. The metaphors “encapsulate the same view of history and man’s role in it that he conveys through the larger metaphor of the trilogy itself.”