Nonsense Poems, “What is that?” you might ask. A nonsense poem is a poem or book that consists of words that are sometimes hard to decipher. Some of your favorite children's books could be classified as nonsense poems. Let’s compare and contrast two of them. These two pieces of literature were written exactly 100 years apart from each other with The Jabberwocky being written in 1871 and The Lorax being written in 1971. The Lorax and The Jabberwocky are two nonsense poems/stories. They have a lot of similarities and a lot of differences. They front and foremost though, are just fun to read. Let’s start with what they have in common. First off, they have a lot of made up words, “Brillig” “schloppity schlopp” “mome”. They don’t make any sense
