'Jabberwocky': One of literature's best bits of nonsense

Dive into Lewis Carroll’s epic nonsense poem, “Jabberwocky” from his novel "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There."

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As Alice wanders through the dreamscape of Looking-Glass Land in Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There," she happens across a book written in an unintelligible language. Inside, she discovers an epic poem filled with nonsense, fearsome creatures, and whimsical language. Dive into Carroll's legendary poem, "Jabberwocky" and see if you can make sense of the nonsense.

Poem by Lewis Carroll, directed by Sjaak Rood.

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[inigo]

The animation is absolutely gorgeous, kudos to the creators.

[ZOCCOK]

Psychiatrist: So how would you describe your mental condition
Me: *Jabberwocky*

[AveryTalksAboutStuff]

The narrator really outdid himself on this one. It sounds like he's having so much fun. 😊

[lucrezia]

When I first started learning English as a non-native speaker:

[shaheen]

Everyone talking about animation
Anyone acknowledge the narrator's excellent enunciation

Edit : Anyone else notice Jabberwock's eyes open in the end?

[nitinsungroha]

When a child tries to express his imagination into words, this poem happens.

[Pendarin_]

Me after hearing poem: "Pardon?"

[deadlydingus]

Love him or hate him, Lewis Carroll was spitting straight facts.

[mixedupdude]

When the Ted-Ed sound doesn't play, you know its gonna be good

[alinavarela]

2:00 OMG THE HEADLESS JABBERWOCKY IS IN THE BACKGROUND

[pkingglazersout]

Nonsense poems make more sense than actual poems at times.

[albinodeer]

"Frumious Bandersnatch"
Wait, isn't that an actor?

[chip]

This is not how I expected my morning to start out like

[kamadotanjirou]

I literally had goosebumps after 1:05 narration was that good....

Edit:- not only the narrator but the animation and the background music added so much more.

[CinderellaSequeira]

TedEd's interpretation of "nonsense" is brilliant!

[vigilantesam]

this is actually a style of poetry! it's more focused on the sounds words make than any actual story or message. lewis carroll took it to an extreme, sure, but these types of poems are gorgeous to hear!

[poweroffriendship.]

_"I'm not strange, weird, nor crazy, my reality is just different from your."_

*~ Lewis Caroll*

[splintermahdi]

So basically this is a 3 in 1 work of absolute art : the words, the narration and especially the animation.

[M-PERFECT]

What the f...

Without animation it would have been painful to make sense of, not that I understand it now

[Charmander]

One time in fifth grade, my class had a feel trip to a library, and there some poetry teacher guy told us this poem. But we got to act it out while he was doing it, and he gave like three students rolls, and I was the Tumtum tree. I’m still chasing that high