Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws theat 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 though.
And, as in uffish though 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.
- Lewis Carroll
This is a poem that I'm using for study in my English 370 (Intro to language) class. Words that mean nothing are so much fun! I'm really enjoying all the nonsense that takes place in that class and in my homework. But now I must study for my midterm....there is nothing nonsense about that.
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2 comments:
wow. wierdness. I only read the first couple of verses and was confused enought to fall over :-D
lol it isn't that confusing....once you get into it. It doesn't make sense....but it serves the purposes of homework quite nicely. :)
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