Activity Week 5

The structure of "The Jabberwocky" consists of a varied ABAB structure with a repeat of the first stanza at the end. The third, fifth and sixth stanzas do not follow ABAB structure. However, they each follow an ABCB structure instead. The first and second stanzas are full of what seems to be vernacular language for the characters.
It seems a young boy is being set out in the forest alone ,and his father warns him of the threat of the Jabberwock (the antagonist). This entire stanza has a negative connotation and also uses dialogue. This could be a metaphor of a young boy being set out into the world. The Jabberwock could symbolize any number of threats a young person must face once they have been set out on their own for the first time.
The second stanza uses imagery to describe the beast. Alliteration is used in the second half of the sixth line 'claws that catch'. Alliteration is also used in the eleventh line when the author says, 'so rested he by the Tumtum tree.' At this point, it seems to me the boy is being watchful of the Jabberwock his father warned him of. In the fourth stanza the author describes in detail the antagonist with words of imagery such as "eyes of flame" and "whiffling through the tulgey wood", allowing the reader to imagine the character.
In the fifth stanza onomatopoeia is used in the entire first line as well as the second line when the author states 'the vorpal blade went snicker-snack!'. At this point the boy kills the Jabberwock, or overcomes his threat in the great world on his own.
In the sixth stanza the father is proud of his young boy and praises him. This stanza has a positive connotation.
The last stanza repeats the first stanza and thus creates closer and brings the piece of work full-circle.