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Question: 10 Points for best answer =]!. I need help for a poem analysis on the poem "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll
For the poem analysis, i have to (for five minutes) recite my poem, and analyse it to the class!.
This is the poem link!.
http://www!.jabberwocky!.com/carroll/jabbe!.!.!.The things included in this poem analysis is Tone (feeling, mood, emotions expressed or felt), Form (rhyming scheme, length of lines and stanzas), Technique (alliteration, assononance and onomatopeia) and Rhythm (use of punctuation to affect the reading, use of meter (stress of sylablles))!.
Thanks for everything, You don't need to write your whole own analysis, but if you can just write a few things about tone, form, technique, and rhythm!. THANKKKKKS!
btw, this poem analysis is for year 10 english
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Carroll explicitly defined certain words when the first stanza of this poem was published as a poem in its own right as "Stanza of Anglo-Saxon Poetry!." He provided a glossary, or list of meanings, for some of the unfamiliar words; this list was later incorporated into Humpty Dumpty's explication in Alice in Wonderland!. The first line begins with the now archaic English contraction for "It was" and contains the noun "brillig" which Carroll says comes from the broiling or grilling done in the early evening (br + ill + i[n]g) in preparation for dinner!. "Toves" are supposedly badger-like creatures, and the adjective "slithy" is a portmanteau made up of "lithe" and "slimy!." The definition offered for "gyre" in the second line is "to scratch"; "gimble" is defined as "to bore holes!."
Despite its seeming playfulness, "Jabberwocky" contains a very serious theme as old as literature itself (as seen in such ancient texts as The Odyssey and Beowulf)!. This theme is the heroic quest, in which a (usually) young male will strike out for parts unknown, encounter some horrific beast, and either triumph over this force of darkness or be consumed by it!. The roots of the literary heroic quest reach as far back as Greek, Roman, and early Christian mythology, and examples include Jason and the Argonauts encountering all types of fantastical beasts in their quest for the golden fleece, Oedipus' victory over the vicious Sphinx to rescue the city of Thebes, and David's encounter with Goliath!. The tradition of the heroic quest is prevalent in poetry as well as in drama!.
Any song that tells a story is a ballad!. Originally intended for singing, ballads became "poetry" when the English poet Sir Walter Scott began collecting them to write down so they would not be forgotten!. This is a typical form for stories about knights, which "Jabberwocky" purports to be, although it is considered a literary ballad, to be read rather than sung!.
The ballad-stanza is usually four lines rhymed abcb, in which the lines have a syllable pattern of 8, 6, 8, 6!. Note how the third, fifth, and sixth stanzas of the poem follow this rhyme scheme, with the others rhyming abab!.
Carroll also plays with the syllable pattern, with each of the first three lines of a stanza having eight syllables and the last line six, except in the third stanza
Surely one of the most appealing factors in Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky" is the sheer timelessness of the poem's setting!. The boy's encounter with the mysterious Jabberwock beast has no specific reference point in history!. This factor boosts the poem's universal appeal, for "Jabberwocky" is capable of captivating readers of any era—Elizabethan, Victorian, Industrial, Computer, or otherwise!. Although the poem was written and published at the height of Victorian England, no special knowledge of that era is required in order to understand and enjoy the poem!. Similarly, a reasonable facsimile of "Jabberwocky" could have been penned in any number of historical eras, given that the poem contains no noticeable references to Carroll, his life, or his times!. A Roman scribe in Pompeii named Barnacus Frabjus could have written a "Jabberwocky" -like poemWww@QuestionHome@Com
well idk the poem is basically funny nonsense it's very happy i guess, it rhymes every couple of lines, sorry that's all i can think of right now!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Lewis Carrol loved to write "sounds" that invoked feelings rather than pure understanding!. However, he also used archaic words if it brought both meaning and sound together!. For example, "brillig" comes from the broiling or grilling done in the early evening in preparation for dinner, "Toves" are supposedly badger-like creatures, and the adjective "slithy" is a portmanteau made up of "lithe" and "slimy!." The definition offered for "gyre" in the second line is "to scratch" and "gimble" is defined as "to bore holes!."
The feeling and mood is one of fantastical adventure and the rhyme scheme used, varying from perfect abab rhyme to alternating abcb perfect rhymed lines, broke up the pattern so as to prevent it from being "too rhymy", while keeping the flow without pause!. The words trip lightly off the tongue, even though most are unfamiliar and leave much to the imagination!. Alliteration is apparent throughout, as is internal rhyme and the use of anapaestic even-trisyllable endings to many lines!.!.!.a technique that enhances how the lines trip lightly one into the other!.!.!.a function of creating the rhythm or cadence of the poem!.!.!.you can almost hear the children skipping through the woods!. Onomatopeiac words and phrases such as "uffish", "tumtum", "whifling", "gallumping", etc!. are true Carroll classics!. The last stanza repeats the first and provides a sort of "book end" feel to the entire poem!.
!.!.!.I really love this poem as it works on many levels!.Www@QuestionHome@Com