The poem makes very clear that Tolkien thought Scatha was one of the more horrible kinds of dragon! I added in the counting idea from The Hobbit, of course, but I'm glad that worked for you in bringing out the horror.
(This also was totally not the kind of thing I was originally thinking of when I selected one of Lferion's suggested prompts for this month's challenge!)
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The poem makes very clear that Tolkien thought Scatha was one of the more horrible kinds of dragon! I added in the counting idea from The Hobbit, of course, but I'm glad that worked for you in bringing out the horror.
(This also was totally not the kind of thing I was originally thinking of when I selected one of Lferion's suggested prompts for this month's challenge!)