“Jabberwocky” is a nonsensical poem written by Lewis Carroll, first published in his 1871 novel “Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.” The poem is famous for its use of invented words and its playful and imaginative use of language.
The poem tells the story of a young boy who sets out to slay a terrifying creature called the Jabberwocky. The poem is notable for its use of vivid and evocative imagery, as well as for the whimsical and imaginative language that Carroll employs. Here is the first stanza of the poem:
“‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.”
While the words in “Jabberwocky” are largely nonsensical, they have a musical quality that makes them fun to read and hear. The poem has become one of Carroll’s most famous works, and has been adapted into various forms, including in the Disney animated film “Alice in Wonderland.”
POEM:-
’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.
