" Jabberwocky " is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll about the killing of a creature named "the Jabberwock". It was included in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass, the sequel to …

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Burbled is an example of an onomatopoeia. The poem follows a regular meter and rhyme scheme, enhancing its sing-song quality, typical of Carroll's writing style.

“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!” He chortled in his joy. And the mome raths outgrabe. This poem is in the …

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When I’m teaching creative writing, I often call upon ‘Jabberwocky’ to illustrate that nothing is ever too weird or nonsensical to include in a poem. It never fails to get a great response from my …

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A nonsense poem filled with wordplay, 'Jabberwocky' by Lewis Carroll tells the story of the hero's quest to slay the Jabberwock.

This nonsensical poem caught the public's fancy upon its publication in late 1871, and by the turn of the 20th century jabberwocky was being used as a generic term for meaningless speech or …

Lewis loved word play and logic; many of his works include fun, nonsensical, or fantasy elements. I use to read this often to my children from a book with a very eerie picture of the …