Bagme Bloma
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Bagme Bloma
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"Bagmē Blōma" by J. R. R. Tolkien is a poem in the 1936 Songs for the Philologists, and the only one ever written in the Gothic language. It was to be sung to the tune of "O Lazy Sheep!". Scholars have found the poem beautiful, and have debated its interpretation. Tom Shippey proposed that the Birch tree, praised in the poem, symbolises the 'B' scheme of English teaching, namely Tolkien's own subject, philology. Verlyn Flieger doubted the connection, writing that the Birch played a significant e
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Poem in Gothic by J. R. R. Tolkien
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2006-01-24T18:38:03Z
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2024-08-27T18:45:49Z
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