This poem by Lewis Carroll is loved all around the world by children and adults alike. It is also known as the best example of nonsense poems simply because almost all the words used are made up by the author or an application of portmanteau i.e. words that are a blend of two (or more) words/morphemes into one new word.
`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...
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