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Galadriel55 · 09-20-2012, 09:13 PM

Would the answer then be Alphros? I don't remember ever encountering that name in my readings, but looking up river poetry lead me to a sacred river Alph...

Mithalwen · 09-20-2012, 09:34 PM

Hurrah. Alphros, 24th Prince of Dol Amroth and grandson of Imrahil.

wanders off muttering about the man from Porlock and what they clearly aren't teaching in schools anymore....

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 09-21-2012, 02:11 AM

I considered Alph but hadn't heard of Alphros. There's nothing wrong with my Coleridge; it's my HME that's rusty.

Mithalwen · 09-21-2012, 03:43 AM

And drunk the milk of Paradise.

Well that is reassuring...

Just shows that obscure and obvious is a very individual thing....

Galadriel55 · 09-21-2012, 05:34 AM

In my school they barely teach poetry. And most of the poems we are taught sound like "Red. Cake. Book cover. Glue stick. Headache. Elephant." and we are supposed to decipher "the author's message".

Perhaps I am just under the wrong education system on the wrong side of the Great Pool.

I am glad to have learned of the Kubla Khan poem, though. I think I might even try to convince my teacher to assign it instead of another gibberish one.

Anyways, I think your clue was a good one, and it was certainly interesting to solve. Squatter and I dug up things we would probably never have encountered otherwise!

This is certainly one of the more educating quizzes around...

So enough ranting, and for my clue:

Fortress of metal messed up before second person takes position of note in aged man

Galadriel55 · 09-25-2012, 10:55 AM

I thought this one would take up a few hours max...

Should I give a hint?

Mithalwen · 09-25-2012, 04:41 PM

I am not ignoring it..just don't have anything I am confident of trying yet..

09-20-2012, 09:13 PM	#1
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,515	Would the answer then be Alphros? I don't remember ever encountering that name in my readings, but looking up river poetry lead me to a sacred river Alph... __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

09-20-2012, 09:34 PM	#2
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree... Hurrah. Alphros, 24th Prince of Dol Amroth and grandson of Imrahil. wanders off muttering about the man from Porlock and what they clearly aren't teaching in schools anymore.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

09-21-2012, 02:11 AM	#3
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	And on her dulcimer she played, singing of Mount Abora I considered Alph but hadn't heard of Alphros. There's nothing wrong with my Coleridge; it's my HME that's rusty. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

09-21-2012, 03:43 AM	#4
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise. Well that is reassuring... Just shows that obscure and obvious is a very individual thing.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 09-21-2012 at 03:48 AM.

09-21-2012, 05:34 AM	#5
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,515	In my school they barely teach poetry. And most of the poems we are taught sound like "Red. Cake. Book cover. Glue stick. Headache. Elephant." and we are supposed to decipher "the author's message". Perhaps I am just under the wrong education system on the wrong side of the Great Pool. I am glad to have learned of the Kubla Khan poem, though. I think I might even try to convince my teacher to assign it instead of another gibberish one. Anyways, I think your clue was a good one, and it was certainly interesting to solve. Squatter and I dug up things we would probably never have encountered otherwise! This is certainly one of the more educating quizzes around... So enough ranting, and for my clue: Fortress of metal messed up before second person takes position of note in aged man __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

09-25-2012, 10:55 AM	#6
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,515	I thought this one would take up a few hours max... Should I give a hint? __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

09-25-2012, 04:41 PM	#7
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	I am not ignoring it..just don't have anything I am confident of trying yet.. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace