onomatopoeia

Roar

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The last roaring is part of a magnificent image of Beorn:

The roar of his voice was like drums and guns; and he tossed wolves and goblins from his path like straws and feathers. He fell upon their rear, and broke like a clap of thunder through the ring.

  • 01.079 The pines were roaring on the height,
  • 07.099 and like a tide it roared and rolled;
  • 10.006 like a distant roar.
  • 12.021 roaring like thunder underground,
  • 12.029 with a noise like a roaring wind.
  • 12.031 they could hear the roar of the flying dragon grow
  • 12.101 they heard the roar
  • 14.011 before the roar of Smaug’s terrible approach grew loud,
  • 14.013 Roaring he swept back over the town.
  • 14.024 The lake roared in.
  • 17.040 Winter thunder on a wild wind rolled roaring up
  • 17.051 there rose from across the valley a deep-throated roar.
  • 18.023 The roar of his voice was like drums

Muffle

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What a scene!  Giant spiders, Thorin & Company captive, but Tolkien writes it for physical humour:

[08.089] To the fattest of these bundles the spider went – ‘It is poor old Bombur, I’ll bet,’ thought Bilbo – and nipped hard at the nose that stuck out. There was a muffled yelp inside, and a toe shot up and kicked the spider straight and hard. There was life in Bombur still. There was a noise like the kicking of a flabby football, and the enraged spider fell off the branch, only catching itself with its own thread just in time.

  • 08.089 There was a muffled yelp inside,

Lullaby

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Once again, a peaceful word.  Tonight while I sleep, I’ll reconsider whether every word-play word needs to be “low” or “high” (or both).  I suspect not.  You’ll hear more about how I work with this idea in a later method post, Word Fans.  For now, I will continue as I have been doing.

  • 19.013 Lullaby! Lullaby! Alder and Willow!
  • 19.013 Lullaby! Lullaby! Alder and Willow!
  • 19.015 Your lullaby would waken a drunken goblin!