" Jabberwocky " is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll about the killing of a creature named "the Jabberwock". It was included in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass, the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). The book tells of Alice's adventures within the back-to-front world of the Looking-Glass world.
“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!” He chortled in his joy. And the mome raths outgrabe. This poem is in the public domain. Jabberwocky - ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Jabberwocky" is a ballad by the English writer Lewis Carroll. The poem originally appeared in Carroll's 1871 novel Through the Looking Glass (the sequel to the famous Alice's Adventures in Wonderland).
A nonsense poem filled with wordplay, 'Jabberwocky' by Lewis Carroll tells the story of the hero's quest to slay the Jabberwock.
Read the full text of Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll — the greatest nonsense poem in English. Discover the meanings of brillig, slithy, and vorpal. Includes free study guide with quiz questions.
One of the best children's poems of all time, 'The Jabberwocky' was written by Lewis Carroll in around 1855 and featured in his follow up to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Through the Looking Glass.
In the case of the "Jabberwocky" poem, efforts at greater clarification and understanding were immediate. Carroll himself, in a following Chapter VI of the TTLG book, introduces the character Humpty Dumpty who proceeds to challenge and instruct the puzzled Alice as to the latent hidden meanings.