This poetry of JRR Tolkien, which was influenced by personal background and by the
Modernism literary period, has contributed to the American literary heritage. His poetry was influenced by the personal background of his parents’ death and after going to WWI in the
British army. Throughout his life Tolkien faced many, many experiences that would eventually help him express his emotions through writing.
Tolkien, a very talented man who at a young age lost his parents. He was 8 years of age, approximately, when he had to realize that he would have to isolate himself with loneliness.
Around that time, maybe a few years after, he began writing, creating his own little stories. As a young talent, Tolkien had an incredible imagination that he’d have