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    Jabberwocky and Other Poems
    Jabberwocky and Other Poems
    Jabberwocky and Other Poems
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    Jabberwocky and Other Poems

    By Lewis Carroll

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    Master of gibberish Lewis Carroll brings his inventive style of writing to life once more in the collection "Jabberwocky and Other Poems." Though most famous for his creation of Wonderland and Alice's fall into the uncanny world of the nonsensical, Carroll used his wordsmithing ability to form inventive rhymes and lexicons in this collection. Words like "bandersnatch," "chortled," "tulgey," and even "Jabberwocky" are inventions of Carroll's mind. Many critics have searched for meanings in the poem, but it is believed that Carroll used the nonsensical as a satire of high-poetry; he believed that too many writers took themselves seriously, so he wrote "Jabberwocky" as a way to confuse writers and critics alike. Also compiled in "Jabberwocky and Other Poems" are verses from his novels "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass." In both stories, Alice found strange verses laying around Wonderland; this text brings them all together comprehensively for the reader's pleasure. Audiences have fallen in love with Carroll's unorthodox writing style, although there is little to say in terms of the poems' plots. Yet the colorful and amusing nature of Carroll's works draws readers into the author and mathematician's mind, which is a stimulating and vibrant place to be. "Jabberwocky and Other Poems" is enjoyed by readers of all ages, allowing the works to be relished by the entire family.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigireads.com Publishing
    Release dateFeb 1, 2012
    ISBN9781420946604
    Jabberwocky and Other Poems
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    Lewis Carroll

    Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll (1832–1898), was an English writer, mathematician, logician, deacon and photographer. He is most famous for his timeless classics, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. His work falls within the genre of ‘literary nonsense’, and he is renowned for his use of word play and imagination. Carroll’s work has been enjoyed by many generations across the globe.

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      I'm not really a poetry reader and/or lover. But I am a fan of Alice in Wonderland. So poems by Carroll suit me. I enjoyed the small stories that are told in the poems. I should find Through the looking glass somewhere....
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      Lewis Carroll is a genius of fun and humor. I can easily see myself reading these poems over and over again.

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    Jabberwocky and Other Poems - Lewis Carroll

    JABBERWOCKY AND OTHER POEMS

    BY LEWIS CARROLL

    A Digireads.com Book

    Digireads.com Publishing

    Print ISBN 13: 978-1-4209-4631-4

    Ebook ISBN 13: 978-1-4209-4660-4

    This edition copyright © 2012

    Please visit www.digireads.com

    CONTENTS

    EARLY VERSE

    MY FAIRY

    PUNCTUALITY

    MELODIES

    BROTHER AND SISTER

    FACTS

    RULES AND REGULATIONS

    HORRORS

    MISUNDERSTANDINGS

    AS IT FELL UPON A DAY

    PHOTOGRAPHY EXTRAORDINARY

    LAYS OF MYSTERY, IMAGINATION, AND HUMOUR

    FROM ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND

    HOW DOTH…

    THE DUCHESS'S LULLABY

    THE MOUSE'S TALE

    FATHER WILLIAM

    THE MAD HATTER'S SONG

    THE MOCK TURTLE'S SONG

    ALICE'S RECITATION

    TURTLE SOUP

    EVIDENCE READ AT THE TRIAL OF THE KNAVE OF HEARTS

    FROM THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS

    DEDICATION

    JABBERWOCKY

    THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER

    HUMPTY DUMPTY'S RECITATION

    THE WHITE KNIGHT'S BALLAD

    PHANTASMAGORIA

    A SEA DIRGE

    HIAWATHA'S PHOTOGRAPHING

    MELANCHOLETTA

    POETA FIT, NON NASCITUR

    FROM COLLEGE RHYMES AND NOTES BY AN OXFORD CHIEL

    MY FANCY

    A BACHANALIAN ODE

    OTHER VERSES

    A POEM TO RACHEL DANIEL

    FROM SYLVIE AND BRUNO

    THE MAD GARDENER'S SONG

    PETER AND PAUL

    FROM SYLVIE AND BRUNO CONCLUDED

    MATILDA JANE

    WHAT TOTTLES MEANT

    THE LITTLE MAN THAT HAD A LITTLE GUN

    THE PIG-TALE

    EARLY VERSE

    MY FAIRY

    (From Useful and Instructive Poetry, 1845)

    I have a fairy by my side

    Which says I must not sleep,

    When once in pain I loudly cried

    It said You must not weep

    If, full of mirth, I smile and grin,

    It says You must not laugh

    When once I wished to drink some gin

    It said You must not quaff.

    When once a meal I wished to taste

    It said You must not bite

    When to the wars I went in haste

    It said You must not fight.

    What may I do? at length I cried,

    Tired of the painful task.

    The fairy quietly replied,

    And said You must not ask.

    Moral: You mustn't.

    PUNCTUALITY

    (From Useful and Instructive Poetry)

    Man Naturally loves delay,

    And to procrastinate;

    Business put off from day to day

    Is always done to late.

    Let ever hour be in its place

    Firm fixed, nor loosely shift,

    And well enjoy the vacant space,

    As though a birthday gift.

    And when the hour arrives, be there,

    Where'er that there may be;

    Uncleanly hands or ruffled hair

    Let no one ever see.

    If dinner at half-past be placed,

    At half-past then be dressed.

    If at a quarter-past make haste

    To be down with the rest

    Better to be before you time,

    Than e're to be behind;

    To open the door while strikes the chime,

    That shows a punctual mind.

    Moral

    Let punctuality and care

    Seize every flitting hour,

    So shalt thou cull a floweret fair,

    E'en from a fading flower

    MELODIES

    (From Useful and Instructive Poetry)

    I

    There was an old farmer of Readall,

    Who made holes in his face with a needle,

    Then went far deeper in

    Than to pierce through his skin,

    And yet strange to say he was made beadle.

    II

    There was an eccentric old draper,

    Who wore a hat made of paper,

    It went up to a point,

    Yet it looked out of joint,

    The cause of which he said was vapour

    III

    There was once a man of Oporta,

    Who daily got shorter and shorter,

    The reason he said

    Was the hod on his head,

    Which was filled with the heaviest mortar.

    His sister, named Lucy O'Finner,

    Grew constantly thinner and

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