The poem begins with the speaker using strange and unknown words to describe a scene. There are “toves,”“borogroves” and “raths”. These things move within the landscape in different ways, and make different noises. They are part of a world that is wholly separate from our own. Lewis Carroll (1832-98) is celebrated around the world as one of the great purveyors of ‘literary nonsense’: his books Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871) have entertained countless readers since they were published nearly 150 years ago. For many, the name ‘Lewis Carroll’ is synonymous with children’s literature. Carroll was a shy man who suffered from a stammer throughout his life and from being deaf in one ear (the result of a fever he suffered from in childhood). Carroll identified himself with the Dodo in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, leading some to suggest (though it remains only a suggestion) that this was because of Carroll’s own difficulty in pronouncing his last name (‘Do-Do’, from Dodgson). Era o auge e as rolas brilhantes Pelo ar giravam, giravam. Palhaços davam pinotes, Os montes se amontoava. I concluded that it is a valid argument based on its inference pattern. But in the answer sheet, the author has written following:

Many of the words in the poem are playful nonce words of Carroll's own invention, without intended explicit meaning. When Alice has finished reading the poem she gives her impressions: Era la asarvesperia y los flexilimosos toves giroscopiaban taledrando en el vade; debilmiseros estaban los borogoves; bramatchisilban los verdilechos parde.

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Era briluz. As lesmolisas touvas Roldavam e reviam nos gramilvos. Estavam mimsicais as pintalouvas, E os momirratos davam grilvos. See https://proofwiki.org/wiki/Definition:Figure_of_Categorical_Syllogism for a link to where such things are discussed.) raths: (fictional) turtle with a mouth like a shark and a smooth green body; lives on swallows and oysters ( OED) Rath: Humpty Dumpty says following the poem: "A 'rath' is a sort of green pig". Carroll's notes for the original in Mischmasch state that a 'Rath' is "a species of land turtle. Head erect, mouth like a shark, the front forelegs curved out so that the animal walked on its knees, smooth green body, lived on swallows and oysters." [19] In the 1951 animated film adaptation of the previous book, the raths are depicted as small, multi-coloured creatures with tufty hair, round eyes, and long legs resembling pipe stems. leið að stekju, og slýgir greðlar sig snældu og böluðu um slöffruna, og angurvært sungu sópfiðrungar við sífgelt týðmana svíræna.

a b c d e f g h i Carroll, Lewis (1998). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Wordsworth Editions. pp.198–199. ISBN 1-85326-897-6. Carpenter, Humphrey (1985). Secret Gardens: The Golden Age of Children's Literature. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-35293-2 Medievil 1998 sony playstation 1 As Gyre & Gimble, work includes: co-director/puppet designer of The Four Seasons: A Reimagining (Shakespeare’s Globe) , The Hartlepool Monkey (UK tour) and The Elephantom (National Theatre & West End). As well as co-designer/director of puppetry for The Grinning Man (Bristol Old Vic & West End) and Running Wild (Chichester Festival Theatre, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre & UK Tour).The Gs was like our home in the late 50s early 60s and great memories. Wiz is still playing in the 2020s .His partnership with Pete Stanley(banjo) developed in the Gs. Long John used to practice with Red Sullivan whose booming voiced filled the place as part of the Thameside 3. We were fortunate to have a beer with Long John when he toured the Uk shortly before his death. He was living close to Vancouver.