Which long nonsense poem is subtitled: An Agony in 8 Fits?
The Hunting of the Snark The Hunting of the Snark The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony in 8 Fits) is a poem written by English writer Lewis Carroll. It is typically categorised as a nonsense poem. Written from 1874 to 1876, the poem borrows the setting, some creatures, and eight portmanteau words from Carroll's earlier poem "Jabberwocky" in his children's novel "Through the Looking-Glass" (1871). As for the word "Snark", Carroll did not give it any meaning. The word "snarking" had been used in 1866 to describe a sound. Henry Holiday, the illustrator of the poem, thought of it as a "tragedy". The plot
Nonsense 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. Nonsense verse is the verse form of literary nonsense, a genre that can manifest in many other ways. Its best-known exponent is Edward Lear, author of "The Owl and the Pussycat" and hundreds of limericks. Nonsense verse is part of a long line of tradition predating Lear: the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle" could also be termed a nonsense verse. There are also some works