"Zimraphel" and "I who loved her" by Noliel, Dawn Felagund

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Summary:

Tar-Miriel faces the wave that will drown Númenor while, in the midst of the forbidden realm of Valinor, Ar-Pharazôn is granted sudden awareness of her fate.

Major Characters: Ar-Pharazôn, Tar-Míriel

Major Relationships:

Artwork Type: No artwork type listed

Genre: Poetry

Challenges: Akallabêth in August

Rating: Teens

Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes

This fanwork belongs to the series

The Poetic Silmarillion
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 197
Posted on 31 August 2009 Updated on 31 August 2009

This fanwork is complete.

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"Zimraphel" by Noliel and "I who loved her" by Dawn Felagund

"Zimraphel" was drawn by Noliel and inspired "I who loved her," written by Dawn.

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Such a beautiful and heartbreaking poem. I can almost hear Pharazon saying it in his grief. I always wondered what went through his mind when he discovered what had become of Numenor or if he ever found out. I like the version of him and Zimraphel in PoME.  It makes more sense. Noliel did a wonderful job on the illustration too. Zimraphel's horror and grief is captured with a great amount of accuracy. There is even beauty in her expression too.

Thank you! :) You're right that I was going more with what sounded right in my head rather than going for a fixed meter. Honestly, I usually only use a traditional meter when working on a project for the medieval re-creation group I play with! Perhaps one day I'll gird my loins and tackle making this one pure iambic or pure trochaic. ;) Thanks again for reading and commenting!

This is the first poem of yours I've read I think!  (Not that I know how many you've written.)

 

The last two stanzas affected me emotionally (I actually thought of Rogue One while I was reading them).  I think you effectively illustrated how small we all are but  also how we each can leave our mark on the world.

 

I think I don't read poetry enough - this was lovely and I enjoyed it very much.  :)