JABBERWOCKY

BY LEWIS CARROLL
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 hast 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.

Source: The Random House Book of Poetry for Children (1983)

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/42916
 JABBERWOCKY
(Explained) by Thrisha Joy Juanico

It was late afternoon,

Everyones doing their thing.
From slimy Toves to flimsy Borogoves,
Everyone was doing their thing.

Then father said, HOLD UP SON.

Be careful with em beasts-
The Bandersnatch and the Jubjub Bird,
The Jabberwock, too, they kill.

I took my sword, the Vorpal Sword,

And sought my fearsome foe.
I rested by the Tumtum Tree,
And saw my fearsome foe.

The Jabberwock, the Jabberwock,

I thrust my sword and slain
The Jabberwock, the Jabberwock,
Its head I brought with no shame.

My father jumped and shouted joy,

When he knew I was the heroic boy. He asked,
And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!

The deed is done, and the day has gone,

Everyones still doing their thing.
The Jabberwock now lives no more,
Yet everyones still doing their thing.
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Unfamiliar word Part of Speech Similar-sounding Possible Meaning

from the poem word in English

Slithy Adjective Lithe/ Slimy Slippery

wabe Noun Wave Grass-plot round a

sun-dial

Mimsy Noun Flimsy Not happy/ unstable

Outgrabe Verb Aggravate The past tense of

outgribe

something between

bellowing and

whistling, with a kind

of sneeze in the

middle; squeaked

Vorpal Adjective Mortal Deadly or to cause

death

Frumious Adjective Fume/ furious Enraged; expressing

great anger

manxome Adjective Fearsome Scary; monstrous

QUESTIONS

1. Did you understand the poem? Why or why not?

 - At first, it was quite difficult to understand the poem because of the frequent

use of unfamiliar words in the poem. But, soon as we got the meaning of these

words, it was easier to understand.

2. What did you think happened in the poem? What is the poem all about?

- What basically happened in the poem was that the Jabberwock was slain by the

boy.

- The poem is about a fearsome creature named Jabberwock being slain by an

unnamed hero or the boy.

3. Would you say it is nonsense? Why or why not?

- We believe it is not. The poem is, in fact, interesting and brilliantly written. As

a poet, given the poetic license, he displayed a very frustrating yet entertaining

way to portray or narrate the event through his wordplay.

4. Who talks to the boy?

- His father.

5. What is a Jabberwock?

- A Jabberwock is a large and frightening rumored creature living in the Tulgey

Wood. It is said that it had the body of a dragon, a whiskers, fish-like head,

insectile antennae and a pair of talon-like hands in both its arms and wings.

6. What weapon is used to kill the Jabberwock?

- A vorpal sword was used to kill the Jabberwock.

7. What were your impressions of the poem before reading? How about after reading? What

caused the changes?

- Before reading, our impressions as a whole were both excited and confused.

Knowing that it is a famous nonsense poem, we were desperately eager to know

why. After reading The Jabberwocky, there were still confusion as to what some

parts mean. But soon after repeatedly reading, we then slowly began to

understand the story of the Jabberwocky. We believe that it is the repetition of

reading the poem and the help of Google to help us understand the unfamiliar

words.
 GROUP 2
Members

Barcela, Eman Joseph

Chan, Jhannie Kit

Juanico, Thrisha Joy

Maurin, Cristy Jane

Sanchez, Alexander Ray

Sepe, Alliah