’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
’Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!’
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought–
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two!
One, two!
And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
’And has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day!
Callooh!
Callay!’
He chortled in his joy.
’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
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I am a Magazine Journalism major from Kent State University. … (more)
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Why did the author use such unusual language?
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The use of this strange language may be used by the author in order to show that the world in which this story takes place is very disconnected from our real world of science and rational.
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I am a Magazine Journalism major from Kent State University. … (more)
I am a Magazine Journalism major from Kent State University. … (more)
What is a Jabberwock?
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When you read this, how do you imagine a vorpal sword compared to an iron sword?
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I picture the Vorpal Sword as having a blade that is white rather than the Iron gray, also with a handle constructed in a way that it looks very similar to tree branches, as well as emitting a type of shinning radiance
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And now I can’t read this without thinking of Adventure Time. http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110619215461/adventuretimewithfinnandjake/images/2/23/Finn_new_sword.jpg
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’And has hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Reason: Carroll was too much the scholar to make the grammatical error of writing "has thou". Check your print copy or use Amazon's Look Inside feature to confirm he wrote "hast thou".
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