Jabberwocky

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Is there anyone who does *not* know Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky?

Anyone who does not know of our hero with his vorpal sword, uffishly waiting to slay the whiffling monster? The hero who, once the beast is slain, goes galumphing back to cries of “Frabjous day!”?

(Seriously, I do not think there is anyone unfamiliar with this poem. But in the event that you should be such a one: go read it.)

Methinks the Jabberwock was not having a very frabjous day, but apparently the boy was.

And putting an adult spin on the fact that it seems to be all about the boy, let’s have a look at THIS passage, shall we?:

And let me just say that Mister Fever has been given cause over the past 20 years to beware of biting jaws and catching claws.

And don’t get me started on the whims and furies of the frumious Bandersnatch! 😉

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11 thoughts on “Jabberwocky

    1. Mrs Fever Post author

      Lewis Carroll may have been slightly villainous in real life, depending on how you define it. I will drop by and check in on Freud! 🙂

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  1. Chazz Vincent

    In college, I had to memorize Jabborwocky for a voice and diction class, because it was asserted that the words themselves followed a natural order of nouns, verbs, and adjectives, etc. that could be read with proper inflection and other nuances that would make it sound as if one were reading or hearing an actual account of something or other. It was a required broadcasting class, but near and dear to my heart (and other organs) to the point that upon occasion, I have been known to spontaneously quote either it, or Samual Jackson’s soliloquy from Pulp Fiction (sort of a parody of Ezekiel)…”the path of the righteous man is beset on all sides…etc.”
    (but it would be glorious indeed to find myself some bandersnatch), frumious or otherwise) as long as it doesn’t require penicillin)
    Chazz

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    1. Mrs Fever Post author

      Haha! Yes, beware of infection! 😉

      Many years ago, I used this piece as a way of introducing poetry to 9th graders who were intimidated by the form. Because, YES — just because it’s nonsense doesn’t mean it makes no sense. 🙂

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