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Sadly, having read, studied, analyzed and written about it for so long,, I am minded of the sensation Tolkien observed in Letter 232:
"My remarks, I fear, must savour a little of the legendary German professor, who wrote a large book on Das Komische. After which, whenever anyone told him a funny story, he thought for a moment, and then nodded, saying: 'Yes, there is that joke'."
Familiarity does not I think breed contempt, but it does somewhat dull the joy and wonder.
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The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.
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