Though the poem contains many nonsensical words, English syntax and poetic forms are observed, such as the quatrain verses, the general ABAB rhyme scheme and the iambic meter. [30] Linguist Peter Lucas believes the "nonsense" term is inaccurate. The poem relies on a distortion of sense rather than "non-sense", allowing the reader to infer meaning and therefore engage with narrative while lexical allusions swim under the surface of the poem. [10] [31] Ronald Reichertz (2000). The Making of the Alice Books: Lewis Carroll's Uses of Earlier Children's Literature. McGill-Queen's Press. p.99. ISBN 0-7735-2081-3.

Carroll makes later reference to the same lines from Hamlet Act I, Scene i in the 1869 poem "Phantasmagoria". He wrote: "Shakspeare [ sic] I think it is who treats/ Of Ghosts, in days of old,/ Who 'gibbered in the Roman streets".Toby has taught and lectured at a number of institutions including: Barbican, Bristol Festival of Puppetry, Chichester Festival Theatre, Curious School of Puppetry, National Theatre Learning, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Victoria & Albert Museum and Wimbledon School of Art. He also hosted his own puppet making segment on Blue Peter, earning a silver Blue Peter badge in the process. Vorpal: Carroll said he could not explain this word, though it has been noted that it can be formed by taking letters alternately from "verbal" and "gospel". [28] It has appeared in dictionaries as meaning both 'deadly' and 'extremely sharp'. [29]

Kyryissä mäiden myryt parvat ripoen kormivat pällyissään. Vilhujen borogrovien karvat talsoivat – ne niin sällyissään. leið að stekju, og slýgir greðlar sig snældu og böluðu um slöffruna, og angurvært sungu sópfiðrungar við sífgelt týðmana svíræna.a b Carroll, Lewis (2010) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass pp 64–65 Createspace ltd ISBN 1-4505-7761-X Brilumis, kaj la ŝlirtaj melfoj en la iejo ĝiris, ŝraŭis; mizaris la maldikdudelfoj, forfuraj ratjoj vaŭis. See https://proofwiki.org/wiki/Definition:Figure_of_Categorical_Syllogism for a link to where such things are discussed.) Uffish: Carroll noted, "It seemed to suggest a state of mind when the voice is gruffish, the manner roughish, and the temper huffish". [22] [23] Prior to 0.24, Gyre and Gimble had a +5 enchantment, the vorpal brand, and a -3 penalty to dexterity.

Marnie Parsons describes the work as a " semiotic catastrophe", arguing that the words create a discernible narrative within the structure of the poem, though the reader cannot know what they symbolise. She argues that Humpty Dumpty tries, after the recitation, to "ground" the unruly multiplicities of meaning with definitions, but cannot succeed as both the book and the poem are playgrounds for the "carnivalised aspect of language". Parsons suggests that this is mirrored in the prosody of the poem: in the tussle between the tetrameter in the first three lines of each stanza and trimeter in the last lines, such that one undercuts the other and we are left off balance, like the poem's hero. [17] Eric Malzkuhn – March 2016 - Sorenson VRS". sorensonvrs.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019.

The guys behind the bar, Craig and Rory, also make their own spirits – three gins launched in October 2020 including Nohow, a London Dry, coastal gin Callooh Callay and Queen of Hearts cherry gin. Embracing the real-world and the strange, and taking inspiration from that most otherworldly of sources Lewis Carroll and his eponymous heroine Alice among others, a night at Gyre & Gimble is a chance for the fine folk of Norwich to enjoy locally-produced spirits in their perfect setting. I glummert lys den slyge spæg stod gomrende og glim. I børkens dyb stod mamren fjæg og bungrede i skim.