Jabberwocky

-Lewis Carroll

Twas brillig and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble on 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 Jub-Jub bird and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand
Long time the manxome foe he sought
Till rested by the tum-tum 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 hast thou slain the Jabberwock,
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
Callooh! Callay! Oh, frabjous day!"
He chortled in his joy.

Twas brillig and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble on the wabe,
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome-raths outgrabe.

1. Map the rhyming scheme of this poem.

2. How does the poet use nonsense to evoke images?

3. Find and explain an example of onomatopoeia.

4. Find and explain an instance of metonymy.

5. Find and explain an example of euphony in the poem.

6. Find and explain an example of cacophony in the poem.

7. Find and explain an example of consonance in the poem.

8. Find and explain an example of assonance in the poem.

9. Find and explain an example of apostrophe in the story.

10. In normal English, recount the story of the Jabberwocky.