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Biography: Lewis Carroll was born on January 27, 1832 in Daresbury, England with the name Cahrles Dodgson. When he was older he became a math teacher at Oxford and was known to be very serious, but what people didn't know is that he loved creating funny, childish poems. When he wrote poems that is when he used the name Lewis Carroll and for some time only the editors knew who Lewis Carroll really was. Lewis Carroll is most famous for writing the book __Alice's Adventures in Wonderland__ in 1865 and then the sequel in 1871. He also wrote a famous poem called "The Hunting of the Snark" in 1876. He sadly dies in 1898.​======

Lewis Carroll ||  ||= Horrors Lewis Carroll ||  ||   || Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale! || ||= Methought I walked a dimsal place Horrors all around The air thick with many a face And black as night the ground ||  || **Poem Analysis:** 1. I liked this poem because it is easy and fun to read. I also like it because I can relate to it. I have had nightmares before that seem so real that when I wake up I am sweating. || How neatly spread his claws, And welcomes little fishes in With gently smiling jaws! ||  ||= I saw a monster come with speed Its face of grimmliest green On human beings used to feed Most dreadful to be seen || || 2. The poetic devices used in the poem are symbols and similes. The symbol is the monster represents a nightmare, and the simile is the part of the poem were it says "black as night the ground. || 1. I liked this poem because it reminds me of living in New Hampshire and going to the beach everyday during the summer. When I swam out to the dock I would look down in the water and it was dark and I saw shadows. I always had a fear of a snapping turtle biting at my toes. Though this poem is talking about crocociles, the poem makes a crocodile kind of cheerful and friendly, and if you have ever seen a snapping turte they are slow, and some have very beautiful shells. It just makes you want to pick it up when it is just inviting you to get your finger snapped off.
 * = The Crocodile
 * = HOW doth the little crocodile
 * = How cheerfully he seems to grin!
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2. The major poetic device in this poem is personification, which is giving human like qualities to animals or objects.When Lewis Carroll say "cheerfully he seems to grin" it is personification because crocodiles can't really grin only humans can. Also when he says"With gently smiling jaws" it is personification because again only humans can smile.

3. The rhyme scheme in this poem is ABAB CDCD which means that every other word rhymes in each stanza.

4. I think the theme of this poem is that an animal or even a human might look nice, and very friendly, but they are really out to get you. || ||= I could not speak, I could not fly I fell down in that place I saw the monster's horrid eye Come leering in my face

Amidst my scarcely-stiffled groans Amidst my moaning deep I heard a voice "Wake! Mr. Jones Your screaming in your sleep"

Punctuality Lewis Carroll  Man Naturally loves delay, And to procrastinate; Business put off from day to day Is always done to late

Let every hour be in its place Firm fixed, nor loosely shift, And well enjoy the vacant space, As though a birthday gift.

And when the hour arrives, be there, Where'er that "there" may be; Uncleanly hands or ruffled hair Let no one ever see.

If dinner at "half-past" be placed, At "half-past" then be dressed. If at a "quarter-past" make haste To be down with the rest

Better to be before you time, Than e're to be behind; To open the door while strikes the chime, That shows a punctual mind.

Moral:

Let punctuality and care Seize every flitting hour, So shalt thou cull a floweret fair, E'en from a fading flower Lewis Carroll ||  || 3. The theme of the poem is ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH which means every other line rhymes in each stanza.

4. I think the theme of this poem is that dreams can seem so real, but they really aren't.

1. I liked this poem because it talks about how man loves to delay and procrastinate which is very true. It reminds me of all the projects I have had at school that seem to be put off to the side.
 * Poem Analysis:**

2. A poetic device used in the poem is symbol which is the word man because it doen't really mean just man it means every one.

3. The rhyme scheme in this poem is ABABCDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ which means every other word in each stanza rhymes.

4. The theme of this poem is that we shouldn't procrastinate because it doesn't do us any good. || Rodrigo A. Siqueira "Lewis Carroll Biography" 1 March 2010 <[]>
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 * **Bibliography:**

"The Crocodile" 29 Feburuary 2010 <[]>

"Punctuality" 8 March 2010 <[]>

"Lewis Carroll" 8 March 2010 <[]>

Lewis Carroll. Poetry for Young People. Edward Mendelson, 2000. ||