nonsense verse · 1871
Jabberwocky
nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll
- 1871
- nonsense verse
- poetry
Summary
"Jabberwocky" is a nonsense poem written by the English author and mathematician 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.
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