Rings of Power: How Poppy's Song Tells The Fate Of Middle Earth

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Music and song are some of the most important elements in Tolkien’s books. This aspect has been translated into the Peter Jackson movie adaptations of both the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, in various forms. It looks as though Rings of Power will be following in the same footsteps, with the latest episode bring Poppy the Harfoot’s «Walking Song» to the screen.

One of the most impactful moments in cinematic history includes Pippin’s song, during which Faramir leads the soldiers of Gondor to reclaim Osgiliath and the Misty Mountains, which tells the terrible fate of Smaug’s desolation of Erebor. Poppy’s song has that similar feeling of gravitas, because it tells a story of staying brave and true in the face of real hardship. In fact, in many ways, the lyrics of the song tell the fate of what is to come in Middle Earth across the next Age of the world.

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All the great stories in Middle Earth are about journeys. They are about long roads that take the protagonists far from home, and create a personal and spiritual journey within their hearts along the way. Poppy’s song also details this same long travel, which is shown across the map as they travel through Weedbrook, the Undercliffs, to the Grey Marshes and beyond. But it is the emotional passage of the characters that are at the core of the words. This is emphasized by the scenes of tragedy and struggle around them.

For example, the characters push their cart through thick slime where a previous cart is decaying. This signifies lost harfoots, people who were once kin, that have died in this very spot as they fell behind. There are also poignant scenes of the harfoots hunkered down in their own cart in the warmth, laughing