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The second sentence mentions publication in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, but the first sentence only says "first published in 1933." Consider adding that it was first published in The Oxford Magazine.
Done.
"in revised and extended form" -> "in a revised and extended form"
In Britspeak it's right as it is, if that's ok with you.
"Metre and rhyming patterns are shared" can be made active as "It shares metre and rhyming patterns"
Done.
Paul H. Kocher needs an introduction, whether it be writer, scholar, Tolkien researcher, English professor, etc.
Glossed.
"called the pair" -> "calls the pair"
Done.
Randel Helms needs an intro as well.
Done.
"called it" -> "calls it"
Done.
Poem
quote box is wonderfully informative!
Noted, thanks.
"as described in The Lord of the Rings.": most readers are going to know that Tolkien wrote LotR, but some readers may not, so the book should be introduced as "Tolkien's 1954–55 novel", or some variation.
Done.
"Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond": these two need introductions
Done.
"quartet": can this be piped to
quatrain? It's not a term I'm familiar with.
Done. The terms are equivalent so let's go with quatrain.
I was mentioning the use in the body: "The second and fourth line in every quartet rhyme..." Since you were okay with changing it in the infobox, I've gone ahead and
changed it in the body as well.
"This was so difficult that he" -> He found this so difficult that he"
Image looks good and is properly tagged. Caption can be made active as 'Gilbert and Sullivan's "Major-General's Song" inspired the poem'.
We could, but the emphasis here is on "The poem".
Yes, I agree. Better to keep it as is.
"The poem was set to music by the composer and entertainer Donald Swann" can be made active as "The composer and entertainer Donald Swann set the poem to music."
pass: there was one other use of quartet in the body that I went and changed to quatrain (mentioned above) but that was a small quibble. This is a wonderful page! Happy to give it a pass.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Middle-earth, which aims to build an encyclopedic guide to
J. R. R. Tolkien, his
legendarium, and related topics. Please visit the
project talk page for suggestions and ideas on how you can improve this and other articles.Middle-earthWikipedia:WikiProject Middle-earthTemplate:WikiProject Middle-earthTolkien articles
Note: Though it states in the
Guide to writing better articles that generally fictional articles should be written in present tense, all Tolkien legendarium-related articles that cover in-universe material before the current action must be written in past tense. Please see
Wikipedia:WikiProject Middle-earth/Standards for more information about this and other article standards.
The second sentence mentions publication in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, but the first sentence only says "first published in 1933." Consider adding that it was first published in The Oxford Magazine.
Done.
"in revised and extended form" -> "in a revised and extended form"
In Britspeak it's right as it is, if that's ok with you.
"Metre and rhyming patterns are shared" can be made active as "It shares metre and rhyming patterns"
Done.
Paul H. Kocher needs an introduction, whether it be writer, scholar, Tolkien researcher, English professor, etc.
Glossed.
"called the pair" -> "calls the pair"
Done.
Randel Helms needs an intro as well.
Done.
"called it" -> "calls it"
Done.
Poem
quote box is wonderfully informative!
Noted, thanks.
"as described in The Lord of the Rings.": most readers are going to know that Tolkien wrote LotR, but some readers may not, so the book should be introduced as "Tolkien's 1954–55 novel", or some variation.
Done.
"Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond": these two need introductions
Done.
"quartet": can this be piped to
quatrain? It's not a term I'm familiar with.
Done. The terms are equivalent so let's go with quatrain.
I was mentioning the use in the body: "The second and fourth line in every quartet rhyme..." Since you were okay with changing it in the infobox, I've gone ahead and
changed it in the body as well.
"This was so difficult that he" -> He found this so difficult that he"
Image looks good and is properly tagged. Caption can be made active as 'Gilbert and Sullivan's "Major-General's Song" inspired the poem'.
We could, but the emphasis here is on "The poem".
Yes, I agree. Better to keep it as is.
"The poem was set to music by the composer and entertainer Donald Swann" can be made active as "The composer and entertainer Donald Swann set the poem to music."
pass: there was one other use of quartet in the body that I went and changed to quatrain (mentioned above) but that was a small quibble. This is a wonderful page! Happy to give it a pass.