the Jabberwocky
Jan 24, 2021 15:00:20 #
I've always loved and laughed at this poem
hope you will too
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.
âAnd 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.
hope you will too
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.
âAnd 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.
Jan 24, 2021 15:24:04 #
badbobby wrote:
I've always loved and laughed at this poem br hope... (show quote)
I worry about you...
Jan 24, 2021 17:56:05 #
Jan 24, 2021 19:56:29 #
badbobby wrote:
I've always loved and laughed at this poem br hope... (show quote)
After a few pints of ale. Then watch the movie.
Jan 25, 2021 07:25:31 #
Big dog
Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York
badbobby wrote:
I've always loved and laughed at this poem br hope... (show quote)
Gotta watch them slither toves,they’ll gyre humble right off the table !!
Jan 25, 2021 10:57:50 #
bahmer
Loc: Northern Illinois Rockford
badbobby wrote:
I've always loved and laughed at this poem br hope... (show quote)
Where did you find this one?
Jan 25, 2021 14:15:52 #
It's a classic!
We had to memorize that poem in the 8th grade. That was 1968.
Every once in a while it pops into my head (I still remember it, obviously), I recite it to myself (or out loud) and then it takes a few days to get it out of my head!
We had to memorize that poem in the 8th grade. That was 1968.
Every once in a while it pops into my head (I still remember it, obviously), I recite it to myself (or out loud) and then it takes a few days to get it out of my head!
Jan 25, 2021 17:33:36 #
One of my favorites. The Jabberwock comes in many forms, especially on moonless nights.
Jan 25, 2021 18:07:39 #
Smokypig wrote:
One of my favorites. The Jabberwock comes in many forms, especially on moonless nights.
dark rainy foggy nights
Jan 25, 2021 18:26:00 #
Jan 25, 2021 19:35:56 #
Jan 26, 2021 00:20:24 #
FixorFish
Loc: SW Oregon
Listened to the Donovan version, thinking maybe I will get the gist of this......all it did was confirm that I absolutely hate songs where you can't tell what the hell is being said...... re-reading the poem did NOT help.
Celtic ? Colloquial Brogue ?
Like trying to read a sci-fi story where the author thinks he's clever by giving his characters names that have no phonetic pronunciation....in any language.
Next ?
Celtic ? Colloquial Brogue ?
Like trying to read a sci-fi story where the author thinks he's clever by giving his characters names that have no phonetic pronunciation....in any language.
Next ?
Jan 26, 2021 06:38:12 #
FixorFish wrote:
Listened to the Donovan version, thinking maybe I will get the gist of this......all it did was confirm that I absolutely hate songs where you can't tell what the hell is being said...... re-reading the poem did NOT help.
Celtic ? Colloquial Brogue ?
Like trying to read a sci-fi story where the author thinks he's clever by giving his characters names that have no phonetic pronunciation....in any language.
Next ?
Celtic ? Colloquial Brogue ?
Like trying to read a sci-fi story where the author thinks he's clever by giving his characters names that have no phonetic pronunciation....in any language.
Next ?
It was the '70s. What can I say............
Jan 26, 2021 14:49:52 #
Wolfy897
Loc: Reddick,illinois(central Illinois.)
I graduated high school in 1968.even in the 60s I don’t remember anything like this!
Jan 26, 2021 14:54:52 #
The longer term memory items are locked in. It's the short term - what I just had for breakfast, and where did I put my car key - that is the problem. Or, when I walk into a room, I end up asking, "what was I going to do in here"?
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