Nonsense verse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nonsense verse , technically termed amphigouri, is the poetic form of literary nonsense, normally composed for humorous effect, which is intentionally and overtly paradoxical, silly, witty, whimsical...
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Poems and limericks by Edward Lear; English humourist, artist and traveller.
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" Jabberwocky " is a poem of nonsense verse written by Lewis Carroll, originally featured as a part of his novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871). It is considered by m...
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Thinks.com's collection of nonsense verse by Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll and others ... ; A collection of nonsense poetry and verse by Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear and others. By Lewis Carroll...
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Sandy's Collection of Nonsense Verse, General Silliness and Clever Amusing Stuff ... Toasty Bob Challenge verse Parts I and II ... This part of the verse; Starts off pretty good, but it gets a lot worse.); Win saw that the theory that Newton'd invented; By Einstein's discov'ries had been badly dented. What now?
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Nonsense verse is fun though and there is no reason why both cannot be introduced. I love A.A. Milne and used to teach some of his rhymes to my son when he was small. He still recalls them.
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He lived at Dingle Bank—he did;—; He lived at Dingle bank; And in his garden was one Quail, Four tulips, and a Tank; And from his windows ... A VERSE OF ANOTHER VERSION ... A Preface to a poem entitled "Mrs. Joypher." Lear adds the stage direction that the verse is to be read sententiously and with grave importance.
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Author Lear, Edward, 1812-1888 ... Title The Book of Nonsense ... Subject Nonsense verses, English...
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Above all, he found in these journeys a physical and spiritual freedom he had never imagined possible and which he sought to share in his Nonsense songs" (Edward Lear: 1812-1888 14), for journeys are a frequent motif in his nonsense verse.
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