LOTR and The Hobbit are known to have a lot of songs. This is a common criticism of the books - that there are just too many songs in Lord of the Rings.
While it is certainly left up to the viewer whether that is true or not, the songs happen to hold a significance like no other according to Tolkien.
The Road goes Ever On, All that is Gold Does Not Glitter, Song of Nimrodel, In Western Lands, Namarië - just to name a few of the songs in the book series.
But it is not limited to Lord of the Rings - Tolkien’s Middle-earth is said to start with Ainulindalë - the Music of the Ainur, with the earliest forms of communication being heavily reliant on music and song.
Though there is a lot of meaning associated with these songs, today I will be focusing on Tolkien’s motives on including such material.
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