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It came to me, my own, my love, my precious.
— Gollum · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker claims a prized object came to them and declares it wholly theirs, piling up tender names for it: own, love, precious. The repeated possessive affection sounds fond and covetous at once, treating a thing as if it were a beloved companion.
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