Having Fun With “Jabberwocky”
Over the last few weeks I’ve posted twice under the title “O Frabjous Day”, here and then again last week, here.
In the first post, I also referred to the “…vorpal keyboard going snicker-snack so the author could go galumphing back to the main manuscript without further delay.”
To which Kristen, in the second post, queried whether my vorpal keyboard ever does go snicker-snack — and I replied with reference to “slithy toves” and “uffish thought” and the “manxome foe.”
At which point one of my much younger blog readers queried, somewhat plaintively (in real time and place, rather than the ether): “Why are you talking all that gibberish?”
“Not gibberish,” I replied firmly: “nonsense. Jabberwocky is a nonsense poem, and I’m just having some fun with that.”
Possibly even the nonsense poem, in fact — although there are many other worthy contenders, such as Hey Diddle Diddle, used by Tolkien for the inn at Bree, in The Fellowship of the Ring.
Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky, from the novel Through The Looking Glass (1871), is definitely a favourite of mine, though. So much so that I featured it as a Tuesday Poem, away back in 2010, together with a few reasons why I heart it:
Tuesday Poem: Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
So if, like my young friend, you hadn’t yet encountered its magic—though I imagine most of you have!—or simply to reread, click on the link to enjoy. 🙂
it is a wonderful poem and has made my afternoon. Than you Helen
I’m glad you enjoyed it, Helen McK. ☺️
and then there’s this version (with Muppets):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbGbU65_Rbg