" The word "chortle" was coined in this work, which describes "slithy toves" that "gyre and gimble" as well as a figure who "took his vorpal sword in hand."
This poem's translation by Frank Warrin and Robert Scott is the subject of a part of the section "Minds and Thoughts" in Douglas Hofstadter's Godel, Escher, Bach. The title entity of this poem has "eyes of flame" and receives a "one, two! one, two!" that "left it dead." This work's narrative describes a "beamish boy" who returns with a head, causing a joyful response of "Callooh, Callay!" The speaker of this poem also warns about the "jubjub bird" and tells the addressee to shun the "frumious bandersnatch." The word "chortle" was coined in this work, which describes "slithy toves" that "gyre and gimble" as well as a figure who "took his vorpal sword in hand." For 10 points, name this work found within Through the Looking-Glass, a nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll.
This poem's translation by Frank Warrin and Robert Scott is the subject of a part of the section "Minds and Thoughts" in Douglas Hofstadter's Godel, Escher, Bach.
"Jabberwocky" [do not accept "Jabberwock"]