Dear Arodiel: I enjoyed this poem, with its emphasis upon friendship. I am not sure about the POVs, however; is just Aragorn speaking, as it seems to be, or Legolas, or are you switching from the "voices" of Aragorn and Legolas? I find the last line a bit cryptic. It has changed from the line in the first stanza. Did Aragorn (or Legolas) mean that together they would never encounter hardship, and now that of course has changed? Or does Aragorn (or Legolas) mean that the other once assured him that their friendship would be no hardship, and now *that* has changed? Your poem seems a bit more complicated than it appears. Was that intentional, or am I reading too much into this? Either way, it is a nicely-written poem. Sincerely, Darkover |
