Animals frequently feature in the poetry of Lewis Carroll, including this creature who titles a poem that parodies Isaac Watts’s Against Idleness and Mischief. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this creature who titles a poem about “how cheerfully he seems to grin, how neatly spreads his claws, and welcomes little fishes in with gently smiling jaws.”
ANSWER: “The Crocodile” [or “How Doth the Little Crocodile”]
[10e] This “nonsense poem” by Carroll features the title fictional creature “with eyes of flame” who is slain when the protagonist’s “vorpal blade went snicker snack!”
ANSWER: “Jabberwocky” [or “The Jabberwock”]
[10m] “Jabberwocky” was included in this novel by Carroll in which Tweedledum and Tweedledee recite “The Walrus and the Carpenter” to Alice during a human-sized game of chess.
ANSWER: Through the Looking-Glass [or Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There]
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