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Bêthberry · 03-10-2010, 10:57 AM

I'm always impressed and deeply humbled by the writing of our Downers who aren't native speakers of English. Your linguistic abilities puts many native speakers to shame, I think.

I think Tolkien really found his metier in the metre of Old English rather than rhyming couplets. (The best rhyming couplets aren't so repetitive in their beat.) Also, it was his ear for the natural rhythms of English that inspired his prose.

Or maybe he realised that writing like this was no longer a challenge for him.

03-10-2010, 10:57 AM	#4
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	I'm always impressed and deeply humbled by the writing of our Downers who aren't native speakers of English. Your linguistic abilities puts many native speakers to shame, I think. I think Tolkien really found his metier in the metre of Old English rather than rhyming couplets. (The best rhyming couplets aren't so repetitive in their beat.) Also, it was his ear for the natural rhythms of English that inspired his prose. Or maybe he realised that writing like this was no longer a challenge for him. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.