The poem Jabberwock by Lewis Carroll is written with language that was made up, this act sparks imagination in the reader and causes the story to be light hearted while being about something violent. The words created by the author relate to English words so that the reader is able to make assumptions and interpret the language to receive the proper tone of the story. Words used in the story such as vorpal, uffish and galumphing are easily interpreted given the context and tone to mean sharp, unimportant and proudly. Nonsense words like the ones used in the story allows the reader to use their imagination and possibly think more about the text. Using regular words could change the story from being an innocent children's poem to something more
