21 May, 2010

Lewis Carroll’s: Jabberwocky! - Syntax LANE 334

Jabberwocky!
By: Lewis Carroll

'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 hast 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.

Lewis Carroll’s: Jabberwocky!


'Twas (adjective), and the (adjective) ( plural noun)
Did (verb) and (verb) in the (noun: place);
All (adjective) were the (( plural noun),
And the (adjective) (( plural noun)(verb).

“Beware the (nouna”), my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the (noun), and shun
The (adjective) (noun)!”

He took his (adjectivea”) sword in hand:
Long time the (adjective) foe he sought--
So rested he by the (noun),
And stood awhile in thought.

And as in (adverb) thought he stood,
The (nounaagain), with eyes of flame,
Came (adverb) through the (adjective) wood,
And (verb past-tense) as it came!


One, two! One, two! And through and through
The (adjectiveaagain) blade went (interjection)!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went (adverb) back.


“And hast thou slain the (nounaagain)?
Come to my arms, my (adjective) boy!
O (adjective) day! (interjection)! (interjection)!”
He (verb past tense) in his joy.

(repeat your first stanza here)


'Twas (adjective), and the (adjective) ( plural noun)
Did (verb) and (verb) in the (noun: place);
All (adjective) were the (( plural noun),
And the (adjective) (( plural noun(verb).