Lewis Carroll

To form his celebrated pseudonym, Dodgson dropped his last name, reversed the order of his first two names, and converted them from rather dense Northern forms to something more Latinate. He also transformed his complex

Jabberwocky

by Lewis Carroll (1832–98)

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'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:

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Poetry Trivia

Question:

What American poet was convinced by Ezra Pound to found a press devoted to publishing Pound and his friends?

Answer

James Laughlin. In 1935 Laughlin founded New Directions in Prose and Poetry. Today, New Directions is one of the premier publishers of poetry in the United States.

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