Someone Answer This Question!!!

Yeah, such a blockhead, lol.

I have actually done a fair amount of research on this question, and the answer is pretty much "there is no answer". While the commonly accepted answer is, as previously stated, "They were both written on by Poe", it was meant to be a nonsensical question. Just as "Jabberwocky" was a nonsensical poem, it is meant to sound profound when, in reality, it isn't.

While the previously stated answer does give a true answer to the question, there is much debate as to whether Mr. Carroll (author of AIW) would have answered the question this way. This is because Poe was more of a near-contemporary of Carroll (Poe wrote from 1833-1846, while Carroll wrote Alice in 1865), which allows for the arguement that Poe may not have been famous enough to be included in such a reference. While the scholarly folks of that time certainly would have been familiar with the poet, Mr. Carroll's audience would probably not have been familiar with him.

In short, the purpose for this question is this: To befuddle readers and cause them to search for an answer to a question with which there is no real answer.

Yeah I actually played the Mad Hatter in acting class back in middle school and made the mistake of trying to analyze the meaning of some of the lines, lol. It really is mainly designed to be nonsense. He is mad after all.

Wow....

"Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe. All mimsy were the borogoves, and the mome raths outgrabe...."

CHESHIRE CAT!!!!

They require a TB test to work in childcare in the state of ND, as well. I had to test a couple of times and I also found it pointless - haha.

We didn't read any of his works in high school, but we did read The Tell-Tale Heart in 8th grade.

So I read Poe NEXT year!

Why wait? Any library will have a wide selection of his works. You might like to start with the short stories and then move to the Poe-ms.

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But we don't have a poetry section.

You could try just looking up his name, there might be a collection and analysis type of book. And like newsmanfan said, he also wrote short stories.

Oh yeah, I missed that part, LOL