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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Due November 6 (Brainstorming/KWO -- Jabberwocky)


Jabberwocky  1871
by LEWIS CARROLL    (Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)      born: January 27, 1832 - died: January 14, 1898
'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:
Long time the manxome foe he sought--
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One two! One two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
 

Ready to go down the rabbit hole?
To go down the rabbit hole: To begin a process or journey that is particularly
complex, sometimes even strange or chaotic, especially one that becomes
increasingly so as it develops or unfolds. 
"Down the rabbit hole" is a metaphor for an entry into the unknown.
On the internet, a rabbit hole frequently refers to an extremely engrossing
and potentially time consuming journey into the world wide web of “infinite” information. 
(An allusion to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.)  

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