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Unlock the Mystery of Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky"
Does Lewis Carroll's famous poem Jabberwocky contain gibberish or something deeper? Did you know Carroll himself was an avid anagrammist? Is it possible to unlock the mystery of Jabberwocky using anagrams or some other means? I and two other fellow anagrammists Cory Calhoun and William Tunstall-Pedoe have embarked on this mission. Want to help out? You can contact any of us. Here are some links to get you started:
- Other works by Lewis Carroll
- Where else is Jabberwocky making its appearance?
- Jabberwocky links at Yahoo!
JABBERWOCKY
`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.
`And has 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.
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