Twinkle, Twinkle, Silmaril by Anérea

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Fanwork Notes

For the anti-prompts, avoiding:
  Motifs and Tropes: happy ending
  Literary Techniques: interiority
  Words and Letters: the word "star"

Fanwork Information

Summary:

A reworking of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Major Characters: Eärendil

Major Relationships:

Genre: Poetry

Challenges: Dark Matter

Rating: General

Warnings:

Chapters: 1 Word Count: 150
Posted on 11 March 2025 Updated on 11 March 2025

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Twinkle, Twinkle, Silmaril

For my rhyming, I've chosen to use the more archaic spelling of "blessed", and I also discovered the word "swael" meaning to melt and run down like a candle or to waste away. It rhymes with "feel", Silmaril and Eärendil, since Tolkien said "i" is pronounced /i/ as in "machine" in both Sindarin and Quenya. 

My favourite version of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star is by Jewel (so apt!) and you can listen to Jewel's official video on YouTube.

Most people are only familiar with the first verse, but it is a five stanza poem titled The Star written by Jane Taylo and first published in 1806.

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I'm currently looking into purchasing a new one, my usual for voice calls is integrated into my headphones, and those are still good, so I'm investigating the options for an external one that I can connect to my laptop ideally via usb/usb-c.
Once I find something, I'll put this on the list to record!

I love this! The art is gorgeous and the poem is lovely--and delightfully in line with Tolkien's conceit that some of our modern songs and sayings originated in Middle-earth and are just now changed around a little bit. <33

How lovely! Both the art and the poem are beautiful, andi I love the idea that the familiar rhyme originated with Earendil and the silmaril bringing hope and comfort to folk on Earth. I'm due to become a grandmother soon, and I'll be sure to sing this to the little one. :) 

I'm so glad you like my version, thank you! 

It's such a lovely calming, reassuring song and tune, I'm sure both you and your little grandchild will enjoy singing it. (If you sing the Eärendil version they'll be getting a very early start on The Silmarillion, and then I suddenly had this image of them arguing with their friends about which the real one iis. 😆)

Ah, I really love this remake of the twinkle twinkle song! I think the song suits so well in the Silmarillion universe, and your version feels like an older, now almost forgotten version of it. Like alternative history. Nice adaptation.