Snark (Lewis Carroll) Snark (Lewis Carroll) The snark is a fictional animal species created by Lewis Carroll in his nonsense poem "The Hunting of the Snark". His descriptions of the creatures were, in his own words, unimaginable, and he wanted that to remain so. According to Carroll, the initial inspiration to write the poem – which he called an "agony in eight fits" – was the final line, "For the snark was a boojum, you see". Carroll was asked repeatedly to explain the snark. In all cases, his answer was he did not know and could not explain. Later commentators have offered many
On the Ning Nang Nong On the Ning Nang Nong "On the Ning Nang Nong" is a poem by the comedian Spike Milligan. The poem was featured in the book named "Silly Verse For Kids" which was published in 1959. In 1998 it was voted the UK's favourite comic poem in a nationwide poll, ahead of other nonsense poems by poets such as Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. This nonsense verse, set to music, became popular in Australia where it was performed weekly on the ABC children's programme Play School, however, it is now only shown on occasion. In December 2007 it was reported that,