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Lewis Carroll's 'Jabberwocky'.

June 11, 2019 Liam Guilar

One of the great pieces of nonsense, possibly a parody of Old English, but who really cares.

It seemed a shame to ‘read’ it, so here’s a version done from memory. I don’t remember when I first memorised it so appologies for any mistakes.

Tags Lewis Carroll, Nonsense, ninteenth century
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The Fabled Third, the sequel to A Man of Heart and the final part of A Presentment of Englishry, is now available direct from the publisher Shearsman Uk and usual online sources. Signed copies of all three books are available from the shop on this site.

Review of A Presentment of Englishry here: http://longpoemmagazine.org.uk/reviews/a-presentment-of-englishry/

Reviews of A Man of Heart here: Heart of the Island nation and here https://dura-dundee.org.uk/2024/04/01/a-man-of-heart/