Lewis Carroll Research Paper

What does one think of when someone says the name, Lewis Carroll? Some many say a famous writer, few will say a photographer or preacher. He was also a poet though. And to truly know who Lewis is, one needs to examine his childhood life, adult life, and writings that impacted his life and many others today. Lewis Carroll wrote many poems for his works including, “Jabberwocky,¨ “The Walrus and The Carpenter,” and ¨Tis the Voice of The Lobster,¨ for his books. Carroll was a great poet and writer that still amazes people today by his works of poetry.

Carroll had a very interesting childhood. He was born on January twenty-seventh 1832, in Daresbury, Cheshire, England. Lewis Carroll’s given name at birth was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Carroll´s

He graduated from Christ Church College, Oxford in the year of 1854. He was successful in mathematics and in writing but remained at the college after he graduated to teach people at the school. While teaching at the college, Carroll was chosen to be a deacon; though, he never gave any sermons. He also chose to pursue in photography, constantly choosing children to be the main part of his photographic works. One of his favorite photo models was a young girl named Alice Liddell; who happened to be the daughter of the principal at the college. Alice later became the main character in two of his best-known writings pieces. Lewis later let go of photography and public speaking to become a full-time writer. Carroll died on the fourteenth of January, 1898 in Guildford. Carroll accomplished many things in his adult

Carroll connects this poem to himself by explaining what he was thinking through the lobster’s poem. He does this to show that the poem is in his words, but said by someone else in the poem. In this poem, Lewis Carroll uses a rhyme scheme. The rhyme scheme is AABBCCDD and so on. He uses dialogue in this poem to make a conversation between the characters in the story. The poem is also being told by Alice to the Mock turtle and the Gryphon. The poem is about a lobster telling a story about how he baked and saw a panther and owl dining. “I passed by his garden, and marked with one eye, How the Owl and Panther were sharing a pie.” (“Tis the Voice of The Lobster,” 1886) This is the use of personification to bring his characters to life. “Tis the Voice of The Lobster” has many literary elements and ways it has meaning in Lewis Carroll’s