Or maybe Tolkien had a special sense for phrasing and names like “Sauron” and “Urukhai” would have sounded just as profound then as they do now?
This is probably a larger part of the explanation, given his background in philology
I remember reading that Tolkien once observed what a beautiful sound the phrase “cellar door” makes; and that this is the kind of awareness it takes to use language like Tolkien. ;-)
This is probably a larger part of the explanation, given his background in philology
I remember reading that Tolkien once observed what a beautiful sound the phrase “cellar door” makes; and that this is the kind of awareness it takes to use language like Tolkien. ;-)