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'''Bombadil Goes Boating''' is a poem written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and was published in [[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil]]. It was closely related to [[The Lord of the Rings]] as Tom shows that he knows much of the recent events in [[the Shire]] thanks to a figure from [[Frodo]]'s childhood: | '''Bombadil Goes Boating''' is a poem written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and was published in [[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil]]. It was closely related to [[The Lord of the Rings]] as Tom shows that he knows much of the recent events in [[the Shire]] thanks to a figure from [[Frodo]]'s childhood: | ||
{{quote|He made no secret that he owed his recent knowledge largely to [[Farmer | {{quote|He made no secret that he owed his recent knowledge largely to [[Farmer Maggot]], whom he seemed to regard as a person of more importance than they had imagined|Bombadil Goes Boating, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil}} | ||
Tom even travels down the [[Withywindle]] to visit the Farmer and his family, singing and dancing late into the night. There was also a mock-scholarly introduction, in which Tolkien notes that not only did the [[Buckland]] [[hobbits]] compose poetry about Tom Bombadil, "they probably gave him this name (it is Bucklandish in form) to add to his many older ones." But, he writes, "they had as little understanding of his powers as the [[Shire-folk]] had of [[Gandalf]]'s: both were regarded as benevolent persons, mysterious maybe and unpredictable but nonetheless comic." | Tom even travels down the [[Withywindle]] to visit the Farmer and his family, singing and dancing late into the night. There was also a mock-scholarly introduction, in which Tolkien notes that not only did the [[Buckland]] [[hobbits]] compose poetry about Tom Bombadil, "they probably gave him this name (it is Bucklandish in form) to add to his many older ones." But, he writes, "they had as little understanding of his powers as the [[Shire-folk]] had of [[Gandalf]]'s: both were regarded as benevolent persons, mysterious maybe and unpredictable but nonetheless comic." | ||
[[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]] | [[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]] | ||
Revision as of 14:33, 21 January 2007
Bombadil Goes Boating is a poem written by J.R.R. Tolkien and was published in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. It was closely related to The Lord of the Rings as Tom shows that he knows much of the recent events in the Shire thanks to a figure from Frodo's childhood:
- "He made no secret that he owed his recent knowledge largely to Farmer Maggot, whom he seemed to regard as a person of more importance than they had imagined"
- ― Bombadil Goes Boating, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Tom even travels down the Withywindle to visit the Farmer and his family, singing and dancing late into the night. There was also a mock-scholarly introduction, in which Tolkien notes that not only did the Buckland hobbits compose poetry about Tom Bombadil, "they probably gave him this name (it is Bucklandish in form) to add to his many older ones." But, he writes, "they had as little understanding of his powers as the Shire-folk had of Gandalf's: both were regarded as benevolent persons, mysterious maybe and unpredictable but nonetheless comic."
