The
Jabberwocky Attic
'...Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!...'
This poem is one of the best in the world, a nonsense rhyme... which suits me fine! But as a child I used to recite it at the top of my lungs whenever I was feeling upset!
"Jabberwocky"
by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
Looking Glass Book - Alice's first encounter with the poem (taken from the book)
Information about and relating
to "Jabberwocky"
Humpty Dumpty's Explanation "I can
explain all the poems that ever were invented" (taken from the book)
Charles L. Dodgson's Explanation to Maud Standen, Letter, December 1877
Lewis Carroll's Pronunciation Guide "...it may be well to give instructions..."
The Pronunciations and Glossary of words (Carroll & Humpty)
Origins of the poem