From Through the Looking-Glass By: Lewis Carroll Jabberwocky From Through the Looking-Glass By: Lewis Carroll
Vocabulary Beware: be on the lookout or be careful. Foe: enemy. Slain: killed.
Background In the first chapter of Through the Looking-Glass, the sequel to Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland, Alice encounters a creature called a Jabberwock. Many of the invented words in Carroll’s imaginative poem are made up of two different words. For example, brillig is a combination of brilliant and broiling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_Um3787fSY