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Lewis Carroll. 1832–1898. Mary Evans Library - stock.adobe.com. Self-effacing, yet having an expressive critical ability; reveling in the possibilities of fancy, though thoroughly at home with the sophisticated nuances of logic and mathematics, Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) was an individual who, through his rare and diversified ...
Discover five of the finest poems by Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Learn about their meanings, contexts, and influences, from 'The Walrus and the Carpenter' to 'Jabberwocky'.
- Jabberwocky. 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves. Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
- A Strange Wild Song. He thought he saw an Elephant. That practised on a fife: He looked again, and found it was. A letter from his wife.
- Little Birds. Little Birds are dining. Warily and well, Hid in mossy cell: Hid, I say, by waiters. ... Read Poem.
- My Fancy. I painted her a gushing thing, With years about a score; I little thought to find they were. A least a dozen more; ... Read Poem.
The Walrus and the Carpenter. Walked on a mile or so, And then they rested on a rock. Conveniently low: And all the little Oysters stood. And waited in a row. The time has come,' the Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax —.
A poem by the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, reflecting on the passing of time and the power of imagination. The poem evokes the memories of a summer day spent on a boat with children listening to a story, and contrasts it with the present reality of winter and loss.
Explore the best poems by Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Learn about his style, humor, wordplay, and themes in poems like Jabberwocky, The Walrus and the Carpenter, and more.
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And thick and fast they came at last, And more and more and more—. All hopping through the frothy waves, And scrambling to the shore. The Walrus and the Carpenter. Walked on a mile or so, And then they rested on a rock. Conveniently low: And all the little Oysters stood.
