Music plays a major role in development in people in our world, and Tolkien implements this in his novel The Hobbit. The dwarves, elves, and goblins all sing songs that are diverse in tone, content, and structure. These songs also show new things about the creature that sings them. To begin, in chapter one, the dwarves recite a song when they gather in Bilbo’s hobbit hole. The novel states, “We must away, ere break of day, To claim our long-forgotten gold.” This is about their plans to defeat Smaug and win back their gold, so compared to the the elf or troll song, the content has a completely different meaning. The purpose of the author including this to reveal the dwarves’ obsession with gold is so great, they would fight a dragon to get it back. The tone is serious, which differs from the elf song. In total, the song is ten stanzas long, which is longer than the song of the elves and the song of the trolls. …show more content…
Chapter three states, “O! Where are you going With beards all a-wagging?” The overall mood is curious and playful. This is unique compared to the tune of the dwarf song and troll song. The reason that Tolkien added this was to disclose that elves are jolly and interested folk. The song is asking about where the group is headed, while also teasing the dwarves about their facial hair. This is different from both of the other tunes because it repeatedly asks a question, but the others do not. The song consists of four stanzas. In other words, it is longer than trolls’ song, but it is shorter than the dwarves’