West Visayas State University College of Education La Paz, Iloilo Cuty

ENGLISH & AMERICAN LITERATURE

JOANNA MARIE G. FONTIVEROS REPORTER

PROF. SHARON QUIMPO COURSE FACILITATOR

The Jabberwocky
The Jabberwocky '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 snickersnack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back. "And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arm, 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: About the author:

Lewis Carroll was the pen-name for Charles Dodgson, who lived from 1832 to 1898. He was one of eleven children. He became a mathematics professor at Oxford University in England. Adults found him difficult to deal with, and he got along best with children. He was fond of magic and sleight of hand, and as a child he dabbled in puppetry. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, began as a story that Dodgson told his child friend, Alice Liddell, and her sisters. She begged him to write it down, and then he had it published.
About the poem: - a nonsense poem written

by Lewis Carroll in his 1871 novel Through the LookingGlass, and What Alice Found There, a sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The book tells of Alice's adventures within the back-to-front world of a looking glass.
Insights:

Figures of Speech: -metaphor -alluding -imagery The poem is about: -Violence -perseverance -good vs. evil -menand masculinity -man vs. nature

Anything could happen in the woods, and that anything is what every human is afraid of. It entails that people would always encounter trials, defeats, and even the jabberworcky of their lives to conquer. After the jabberwocky, people should bear in mind that there are still bandersnatch and jubjub bird which entails unending challenges in life. You must stay strong and keep your faith for in the end, everything would be placed where it should be.