All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.
This is a good poem, it is short but has a lot of meaning. In the first line of the poem Tolkien is basically saying that substance is worth more than outward appearance. The next line means that someone might seem lost, but they're just searching for something more. The third is about endurance. The fourth line is about having your morals firmly grounded so that they aren't easily changed. The fifth is saying that something can come from nothing. I think that the sixth is saying something about anything can happen, even the impossible. The last two go together, they are about how things can be healed or renewed to a greater state than before, or something like that. I like this poem, overall I think that the meaning was about how things can always change for the better, or don't judge a book by it's cover. It could mean both. The poem also gives some pretty good values to live your life by, in my opinion.
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