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  2. Nonsense verse - Wikipedia

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    Other nonsense verse makes use of nonsense words—words without a clear meaning or any meaning at all. Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear both made good use of this type of nonsense in some of their verse. These poems are well formed in terms of grammar and syntax, and each nonsense word is of a clear part of speech.

  3. Literary nonsense - Wikipedia

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    Literary nonsense, as recognized since the nineteenth century, comes from a combination of two broad artistic sources. The first and older source is the oral folk tradition, including games, songs, dramas, and rhymes, such as the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle". [3]

  4. Nonsense - Wikipedia

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    Jabberwocky, a poem (of nonsense verse) found in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll (1871), is a nonsense poem written in the English language. The word jabberwocky is also occasionally used as a synonym of nonsense. [2] A Book of Nonsense (c. 1875 James Miller edition) by Edward Lear

  5. Jabberwocky - Wikipedia

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    The Jabberwock, as illustrated by John Tenniel, 1871 "Jabberwocky" is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll about the killing of a creature named "the Jabberwock". It was included in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass, the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865).

  6. Category:Nonsense poetry - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Nonsense poetry" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  7. Moses supposes his toeses are roses - Wikipedia

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    Mother playing with infant, singing the tongue-twister (1913). "Moses supposes his toeses are roses" is a piece of English-language nonsense verse and a tongue-twister, whimsically describing the prophet Moses mistakenly conjecturing his toes are roses, contrary to biological reality.

  8. The Owl and the Pussy-Cat - Wikipedia

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    "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat" was the main topic of The Owl and the Pussycat Went to See..., a 1968 children's musical play about Lear's nonsense poems. The play was written by Sheila Ruskin and David Wood. [9] In 1996, Eric Idle published a children's novel, The Quite Remarkable Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat, based on the poem

  9. Edward Lear - Wikipedia

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    Edward Lear (12 May 1812 [1] [2] – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised.