I did the same. I'd make up songs to go with the words and imagine the characters singing them and what their voices would be like. It was fun to puzzle out the rhythm of the words and think what melody would suit it, some trial and error involved.
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Always felt strongly if an author puts a song in a novel they should be obligated to also release a soundtrack or sheet music.
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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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Thomas Pynchon is the worst.
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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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Agreed - and I usually skip the poems / songs. I enjoy poetry, but it requires a different mindset, and I don't enjoy switching from my reading a novel mode to an appreciating the embedded poetry mode.
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Love the poems in LOTR.
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I can't either. It annoys me that I can't.
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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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