1871 in poetry
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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 Jabberwock, as illustrated by John Tenniel for Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, including the poem "Jabberwocky".
Arthur Rimbaud photographed by Étienne Carjat, October 1871.
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"Jabberwocky" is a nonsense poem written by the English author and mathematician Lewis Carroll about the killing of a creature named "the Jabberwock". It was included in his 1871 novel Through the Loo
1871 in poetry
…The frumious Bandersnatch!" — From Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky", published as part of Through the Looking Glass Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance…
Alice entering the Looking-Glass world. Illustration by John Tenniel, 1871
Humpty Dumpty who explains to Alice the definitions of some of the words in "Jabberwocky". Illustration by John Tenniel, 1871
John Tenniel's illustration for the poem