Rhyme? and Reason?
First published 1883 · English · 214 pages
- Poetry
- Satire and humour
- Children's
A collection of Carroll's verse, bringing together comic and serious poems. It includes the long nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark, as well as shorter pieces from earlier work. The title plays on the contrast between nonsense and sense. The book is illustrated, and it offers a broad view of his poetic range, from light parody to quiet reflection.
Quotes
Lady Clara Vere de Vere Was eight years old, she said: Every ringlet, lightly shaken, ran itself in golden thread.
There are certain things - as, a spider, a ghost, The income-tax, gout, an umbrella for three - That I hate, but the thing that I hate the most Is a thing they call the Sea.
There is an insect that people avoid (Whence is derived the verb 'to flee'). Where have you been by it most annoyed? In lodgings by the Sea.
I NEVER loved a dear Gazelle – Nor anything that cost me much: High prices profit those who sell, but why should I be fond of such?