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• Nonsense Poetry

  • In poetry, logic is used to infer the meaning when it is unclear
  • Metaphor: comparing something to something else to imply a certain quality
  • Nonsense Poetry is a type of poetry that is harder to decipher what the poet is saying
• Jabberwocky Poem by Lewis Carroll

  • Lewis Carroll was a math professor in the mid-1800s
  • Author of "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass"
  • "Jabberwocky" poem is one of the most famous nonsense poems
  • Poem is written in "Through the Looking Glass"
  • Portmanteau Words: new words formed from two words or parts of words fused to give new meaning
• Portmanteau Words in the Jabberwocky poem:

  • Frumious (fuming, furious)
  • Uffish (gruffish, roughish, huffish)
  • Burble (bleat, murmur, warble)
  • Mimsy (flimsy, miserable)
  • Mome (from home)
  • Galumph (gallop, jump)
  • Slithy (lythe, slimy)
  • Frabjous (fabulous, joyous)
  • Chortle (chuckle, snort)
• Plot of the Jabberwocky poem:

  1. Background exposition setting the mood

  2. Warning given to someone (son) to be careful

  3. Son takes a sword, looks for something, rests by a tree

  4. Jabberwocky appears, its description is given

  5. Hero fights and kills the Jabberwocky, returning victorious

  6. Father welcomes the hero joyfully

  7. Repeat of the first stanza to indicate the time of the story
• Portmanteau Mad Lib:

  • Pizza was invented by a __1__ chef named __2__
  • To make pizza, you need to take a lump of __3__, and make a thin, round __4__ __5__
  • Cover it with __6__ sauce, __7__ cheese, and fresh chopped __8__
  • Bake it in a very hot __9__
  • Cut it into __10__ __11__
  • Kids like __12__ pizza, but the favorite is __13__ pizza
  • If possible, eat pizza __14__ times a day
• Portmanteau Mad Lib:

  • Walking through the __1__ jungle
  • Taking out a __2__ canteen
  • Seeing a __3__ parrot with a __4__ __5__ in its mouth in the __6__ trees
  • Gazing at its __7__ __8__
  • Encountering a panther with __9__ breath
  • Using a packet of __12__ to make it sleep
  • Walking away through the __16__ jungle
  • Meeting parents at the __17__
  • It has been an __18__ day