"Nonsense poetry is a way of tapping the adult world on the shoulder and saying, ‘Do you fancy some of this?’ but in an uncorrupted childlike way. “When you see those words dancing it is irresistible.

Some poems use made up words to describe things, or just to make a nice sound. Nonsense poems don't always make sense, they often use made up words, mixed up with real words. Lewis Carroll, Edward ...

"Nonsense poetry is a way of tapping the adult world on the shoulder and saying, ‘Do you fancy some of this?’ but in an uncorrupted childlike way. For his visit to the Hendrick’s Carnival Of Knowledge ...

The English writer Lewis Carroll’s nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark (1876) is an exceptionally difficult read. In it, a crew of improbable characters boards a ship to hunt a Snark, which might ...

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court reviewing evidence at Guantanamo Bay compared a Bush administration legal argument to one made by a hapless, dimwitted character in a 19th century nonsense poem by ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The largest private collection of nonsense poems, doodles and comic drawings by the Beatles singer John Lennon will be sold in New York in June, auctioneer Sotheby's said on Friday.