Thursday, February 22, 2024

THE TIME HAS COME...

 


"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"to talk of many things, of shoes and ships
and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings,
and why the sea is boiling hot,
And whether pigs have wings."

(If interested you can read the rest of this poem here.)





Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898)), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician and photographer. His most notable works are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass (1871). He was noted for his facility with word play, logic, and fantasy. His poems Jabberwocky (1871) and The Hunting of the Snark (1876) are classified in the genre of literary nonsense.

More information can be found if you click on his name below the poem.


43 comments:

  1. You actually found a pig with wings! Wow, this poem is long. And I only knew this first part. Wonder what made it so well-known...

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    1. It used to be one of my favorite sayings Ginny :) I wonder that too.

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  2. Very beautiful quote from the poem about a beautiful morning. Also interesting information and links about Lewis Carroll. Thank you!

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    1. You are very welcome Katerina, so glad you enjoyed :)

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    1. Thank you Margaret, I always enjoy finding poems :)

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  4. This part sounds very familiar to me. I think I may have read the whole thing before. Love that weather vane

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    1. I remembered it from somewhere, but it's been years and then I found it for my post. I loved that weathervane too. In fact, I love any weathervane and like to take photos of them :)

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  5. I have a thing for pigs, I love that weather vane.

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    1. Me too, lovely animals and very smart. Me too on the weathervane :)

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  6. The poetry and the pic give me a lot of imagination to expand on

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  7. Thanks Denise...love this one.
    hugs
    Donna

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  8. Love the poem and the cute weathervane. Take care, have a great day!

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    1. So glad, thank you Eileen. Wishing you the same :)

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  9. Ta świnka jest super zabawna i piękna . Miłego weekendu:)

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    1. Dziękuję bardzo. Cieszę się, że mała świnka przypadła Ci do gustu :)

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  10. I remember reading that, thanks for the memories.

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  11. Denise, it seems we were both thinking of pigs flying 😉 as the end of my most recent post shows a flying pig in the UK.

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    1. That's lovely Dorothy, I'm going to have to come and look at that :)

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  12. Fun weathervane and I like the poem!

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  13. the poem makes me think of Dr. Seuss, but that could be, because i have been getting ready for Seuss birthday on March 2nd. Read accross america.

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  14. I used some of Lewis Carol's work with my middle school kids. They were fun things to get the kids to read aloud.

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  15. Such a cute photo! Hope you are having a good day!!

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  16. I do like that weathervane.
    Thanks for the additional links.

    All the best Jan

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    1. Me too, and you are very welcome Jan. All the best :)

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  17. I love that verse -- and beautifully photographed!

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  18. Oh, I know that poem. We had a sing-song version of it on a record when I was a kid so I learned it.

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    1. That's a lovely memory, thanks for sharing that Linda :)

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  19. I love that photo and the poem as well. Thanks.

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