Carroll, Lewis - Raymond J. Rundus (essay date 1967)
Raymond J. Rundus (essay date 1967)
SOURCE: "O Frabjous Day!: Introducing Poetry," in English Journal, Vol. 56, No. 7, October 1967, pp. 958-63.
[In the following excerpt, Rundus argues that Carroll's "Jabberwocky" has poetic virtues within the traditional context of the English poetic canon.]
Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves.
—Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
"Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic."
—Alice Through the Looking-Glass
"But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument,'" Alice objected.
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a...
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