The Jabberwocky was a poem that was first introduced to me whe I was six years old. It's a nonsense poem about a boy who goes into the forrest and slays the mythical creature called "The Jabberwocky". What really drew me in was the fact that although most of the words were made up and didn't have any dictionary meaning, it still made sense, moreso than most other poems that weren't nonsense, though they seemed comparatively more nonsense.
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!
This passage is awesome, regardless of the fact that many of the words aren't even words!!!
Prompt:
Explain how the author's use of "nonsense language" actually seems to make sense. What techniques does he ploy in order to create such a uniqely vivid picture?
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2 comments:
Sweeet
I think that the jibberish enhances the poem. The topic of slaying the mythical creature is so abstract that it should use abstract language. It only makes sense that it should die to the Vorpal sword, and whiff through the tulgy wood. Cool poem dude.
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