The bath quote is in track 16 on the first cd. "I invented that little rhyme in my bath one day". Have a listen. After which my poem idea might make a bit more sense - or not. ;)
It's just that I can imagine him composing stuff in the bath, and two separate muses getting their wires crossed so that lines/words from the bathtime song keep finding their way into the rings verse as he composes it. With very silly results. And Tolkien gets nore and more frustrated, muttering crossly to himself, "No, no, that won't do. Won't do at all," until he finally emerges dripping and towel-clad from the bathroom to make his way to the nearest pen and paper. Two pieces of paper, one for each muse, since it has by this point dawned on him that he is, as it were, receiving two channels simultaneously. And posterity is eternally grateful to have been spared the garbled version. Until now, that is...
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Found it!
Date: 2004-10-21 03:03 pm (UTC)It's just that I can imagine him composing stuff in the bath, and two separate muses getting their wires crossed so that lines/words from the bathtime song keep finding their way into the rings verse as he composes it. With very silly results. And Tolkien gets nore and more frustrated, muttering crossly to himself, "No, no, that won't do. Won't do at all," until he finally emerges dripping and towel-clad from the bathroom to make his way to the nearest pen and paper. Two pieces of paper, one for each muse, since it has by this point dawned on him that he is, as it were, receiving two channels simultaneously. And posterity is eternally grateful to have been spared the garbled version. Until now, that is...
Well, I think it's amusing. ;)