Is Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky" nonsense?

Boojatta

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Wed Oct-01-08 05:22 PM
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Poll question: Is Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky" nonsense?

Edited on Wed Oct-01-08 05:23 PM by Boojatta

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ghostsofgiants

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Wed Oct-01-08 05:31 PM
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1. Jan Svankmajer did a rad short film based on it.

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muriel_volestrangler

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Thu Oct-02-08 06:49 AM
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9. Terry Gilliam did a full length film based on it

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076221/

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DS1

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Wed Oct-01-08 05:31 PM
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2. dunno, but it's a god-awful movie!

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Lethe

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Wed Oct-01-08 06:22 PM
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3. there's not really anything nonsensical about it nowadays

because many of the words he invented for the poem are actually in the dictionaries now.

It was nonsense when he wrote it because the words didn't mean anything at the time.
Now, it's not nonsense because the words have been defined and used countless times by other authors.

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dawgmom

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Wed Oct-01-08 06:37 PM
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4. You're clearly a frumious bandersnatch

Therefore I shun both you, and your poll. Take that. *snicker-snack*

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hvn_nbr_2

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Wed Oct-01-08 06:56 PM
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5. Lewis Carroll was prescient.

He anticipated Sarah Palin answering questions about the Supreme Court. But he got it wrong--he actually used sentence structure.

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Lucian

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Wed Oct-01-08 07:04 PM
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6. It makes as much sense as Sheogorath's Wabbajack.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Wabbajack

:D

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DarkTirade

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Wed Oct-01-08 08:17 PM
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7. It's a style parody.

A parody of an 'epic poem'.

A rather genius one at that, I might add.

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Maine-ah

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Wed Oct-01-08 08:50 PM
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8. this is my favorite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGCJFFxoHJ4&feature=related

Muppets do Jabberwocky

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Richardo

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Thu Oct-02-08 06:51 AM
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10. It's the only poem of any length I have memorized

It's brilliant (or is that 'brillig')

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raccoon

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Thu Oct-02-08 08:02 AM
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11. I voted "The question is too serious for the DU Lounge."

Is there a Great Literature forum?

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soleft

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Thu Oct-02-08 09:42 AM
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12. My son was Jabberwocky for Halloween when he was 9 years old

I'll have to see if I can find a pic. No one knew who was supposed to be :(

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