Me, too, Mews. :( This is one of those pieces (why not, as LOTR is one of those pieces itself) that has so much "applicability". There have been a lot of losses this year among my acquaintance, beloved family members who have died. I think this poem, exploring Frodo's feelings after the loss of his dear Bilbo, affects me even more than when I read it nearly a year ago. Yet there is sweetness in the tears, not just grief. Gandalf said it better, "not all tears are an evil".