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= Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)

**Lewis Carroll, A Brief Summary **

 * Lewis Carroll was an English poet mathematician **** and photographer. **
 * **27 January 1831- ****Charles Lutwidge Dodgson is born** **in Cheshire, England**
 * **1851-** ** Charles's mother dies **
 * **1854- Charles earns his B.A. in mathematics**
 * **1856- first takes up photography **
 * **1856- Writes his first poem, "Solitude"**
 * **1857- Graduates with a M.A.**
 * **1865- Publishes "Alice in Wonderland" under the pen name "Lewis Carroll"**
 * **1872- Publishes sequel to "Alice"**
 * **1889- Writes his last novel, "Sylvie and Bruno"**
 * **14 January 1898- Charles dies of pneumonia following influenza** media type="youtube" key="Nql1_RKwQt0?fs=1" height="385" width="480" align="right"

**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Lewis's Poems **

 * [|**Bessie's Song to her Doll**]
 * [|**The Crocodile**]
 * [|**Father William**]
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 14px;">I'll Tell Thee Everything I Can **
 * [|**Jabberwocky**]
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 14px;">Life Is But a Dream **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 14px;">The Manlet **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 14px;">My Fancy **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 14px;">Size and Tears **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 14px;">[|The Walrus and the Carpenter] **
 * ===**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 14px;">The White Rabbit's Verses **===

= = = = = = = = =**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px;">Lewis Carroll's Style **=
 * L ** ewis Carroll writes very eccentric pieces like Alice in Wonderland and Jabberywocky but he also write more mundane poems like "Bessie's Song to her Doll" and "Father William". However even these poems are strange and about strange topics. For example "Bessie's Song to her Doll" is about a girl talking to a doll and expressing her love of the doll. Carroll doesn't write about any particular theme and many of his poems are rather comical and mocking. He also uses a lot of rhyme.

Discussion Questions

 * 1) What do you think inspired Carroll to wright such comical poems?
 * 2) From where do you think Carrol drew his inspiration for his poems?