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English 252: Introduction to Poetry Lewis Carroll Study Questions Alfred J. Drake. Hours: Cyber Cafe M/W 10-11 "Jabberwocky" and Humpty Dumpty's Explication 1. What does a poem like this suggest to you about the way language works? A suggestion: the odd thing is that many of the poem's words are not exactly in the dictionary, but they seem to mean something nonetheless. Why? 2. How does Humpty Dumpty explain the story's meaning--what narrative of events emerges from his interpretation? Edition: Ferguson, Margaret et al. The Norton Anthology of Poetry. 4th ed. New York: Norton, 1996.
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