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JabberwockyLewis CarrollJabberwocky Sense or bunkumTwas brillig, and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabeAll mimsy were the borogoves,And the mome raths outgrabe."mind the Jabberwock, my sonThe jaws that bite, the claws that catchBeware the Jubjub bird, and shunThe frumious Bandersnatch"He took his vorpal sword in handLong cadence the manxome foe he sought--So rested he by the Tumtum tree,And stood for a while in thought.And, as in uffish thought he stood,The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,Came whiffling through and through the tulgey wood,And burbied as it cameOne, two One, two And through and throughThe vorpal blade went snicker-snackHe left it dead, and with its headHe went galumphing back."And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?Come to my arms, my cheerful boyO frabjous day Callooh Callay"He chortled in his joy.Twas brillig, and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabeAll mimsy were the borogoves,And the mome raths outgrabe.    &n bsp                                             1886ParaphraseIn attempting to paraphrase this particular poem it must(prenominal) be considered that it derived from a book written almost purely of hokum. umpteen of the words in this poem are the own creation of the origin and only he knows the real interpretation. However, some of the words have been set forth in the book and others in letters by the author. The words of the old poem are often a combination of two, maybe veritable(a) three words, all put into one, while others are just nonsense and for the amusement of the reader. All things considered, here is an attempt at a telephone circuit by line paraphrase of the poem "Jabberwocky".Jabberwocky Sense or bunkumIt was evening, and the smooth active badgersWere scratching and boring ho les in the hill-sideAll uncheerful were the parrotsAnd the grave turtles squeaked outBeware of the Jabberwock, my sonOf its jaws that bite, and its claws that catchBe cognizant of the Jubjub bird, and shunThe fuming and furious BandersnatchHe took his mighty sword i... ...roll did in his works.BibliographyBlake, Kathleen Lewis Carroll. dictionary of literary Biography. Ed. Ira B. Nadel, William E. Fredeman. Rev. Ed. 18 vols. Detroit, Michigan Gale Research Company, 1983Carroll, Lewis. Alice in Wonderland. Norton small Edition. New York W.W. Norton and Company, 1992."Carroll, Lewis," Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2000http//encarta.msn.com 1997-2000 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.Connell, Kate. "Opium as a Possible exercise upon Alice Books" 22 Mar 2000. The Victorian Web. <http//landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/victov.html>.Egoff, Sheila A. " orbits Within Childrens Fantasy from the center of attention Ages to Today. Chicago American L ibrary Association, 1988.Empson, William. "Alice in Wonderland The Child as Swain." 1935. World Literature Criticism, 1500 to the Present. Ed. James P. Draper. Vol. 1. Detroit Gale, 1992. 634-35.Sewell, Elizabeth. The Field of Nonsense London Chatto and Windus LTD., 1952.Smith, Karen Lewis Carroll. Dictionary Literary Biography. Ed. Meena Khorana. Rev. ed. 163 vols. Detroit, Michigan Gale Research Inc., 1996