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I can’t read sings or poems embedded inside novels. The only exception is Alice in Wonderland. Do any of you read them? Like the ones in LOTR? In Hyperion a poet character keeps reciting annoying poetry.
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I’ve read LOTR about a dozen times and only recently started reading the poems and songs with any significant degree of attention, and that’s because of audiobooks
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Pynchon’s sings put you in a mood if you sing them out loud and try and guess the tune. They’re a staging area for the next plot development.
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Rothfuss embeds good poetry. "How odd to watch a mortal kindle Then to dwindle day by day. Knowing their bright souls are tinder And the wind will have its way. Would I could my own fire lend. What does your flickering portend?"
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