Notes on ROTK: The Muster of Rohan

[eykar]

Merry's most articulate spiritual experience: 'He sat for a moment half dreaming,' - an unusual state for any hobbit and most of all for Merry, who completely ignores of immediately forgets dreams and the supernatural - 'listening to the noise of water, the whisper of dark trees,' - which is reminiscent of the Old Forest - 'the crack of stone

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[rabidsamfan]

Can I say again how much I enjoy reading your ruminations on the books? You always point out something I'd missed. (In this case the different way that Pippin and Merry think of Frodo or Frodo-and-Sam.)

Thank you...

Re: Can I you say again?

[eykar]

Sure! Someday I may even get some coherent points to make out of this huge collection of bits and pieces.