Bombadil = yearning?

[littlemanpoet]

Sigh. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

This is "The Books" - the forum for advanced discussions. Therefore, if evidence is provided that convincingly shows that Tolkien did not intend or include allegory in The Lord of the Rings, any effort to second guess the evidence and the author does a disservice to both.

I think your enthusiasm for the books, the author, and this topic, are wonderful. Delightful. But facts are facts, and it doesn't help to ignore them.

To insist on one-to-one significations, which is the nature of allegory, is to limit the meaning redolant in the works.

I don't think Tom needs philosophizing about, and is not improved by it.

So says Tolkien. Thank you, Legalos, for the quote.