Now I realize that reading and analyzing poetry can be quite tedious, so here is a comic strip to provide a different viewpoint of the poem.
The first four boxes of the comic strip describe the first stanza of "The Jabberwocky." The hand gestures of the cartoon alligator express the different emotions conveyed within each line of poetry. The box in the upper left hand corner shows an alligator reflecting on a past event. The alligator introduces the poem with a pondering and sweet demeanor.
The second box can be interpreted in two manners: 1) the alligator is puzzled about what is going on in the poem or 2) his face reflects the questioning nature of the line.
The third box depicts a drunk and confused alligator. The stance of the alligator is quite interesting because it reflects the flimsy and miserable nature of the burogaves.
The fourth box depicts the alligator singing loudly to a newly introduced character: the unidentifiable brown creature (I do not have the slightest clue what kind of animal that is). The alligator is singing because "the mom raths outgrabe." Outgrabe "is something between bellowing and whistling, with a kind of sneeze in the middle" (http://varatek.com/scott/jaber_defs.html). The fourth box does an excellent job of capturing the true essence of the last line of the stanza.
The basic plot of the last three boxes is the alligator trying to scare his children and make the jabberwocky seem like a horrible monster. However, reading between the comic lines I feel as if the papa alligator is merely frightening is own children to avoid playing a game of sixpence.
The comic strip provides a useful interpretation of the first stanza of the poem. The alligator has a different emotion and demeanor in each box to reflect the changing tone of each line of the stanza.
(Side note: mimsy = flimsy and miserable)
Citation
Comic: http://drawn.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/WaltKelly_Jabberwocky_02_100.jpg
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