Comparison of Form and Content of Jabberwocky, The Raven, and Lady of ShalottIn many poems, the use of images and sounds makes the reader consider them "good" or "bad". Repetition, alliteration, the use of metaphors and imagery along with rhyme and the text itself work together to create that special feeling or message that the poet wants to share. The Romantics believed that poetry should express the poet's feelings or state of mind and should not be elaborated or thought about too much, as the original feeling would be lost, but to share one's feelings or ideas with the audience, I believe it is important present them in the best possible form. If the author wants to create something worth reading, I believe he should focus on both the form and content of a poem: they are inseparable. Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky" is probably one of the most famous poems that actually has no content, but the form (sound and rhyme) is still correct: "'Twas brillig, and the slhy toves / Did gyre and gimle in the wabe; / All the mimsy were the borogoves, / And the mome raths outgrabe” (Fromkin & Rodman, p185). Why anyone bothered to write such a piece is a mystery to me, but perhaps it was to show us that even if the poem seems okay at first glance, you can't create a "good" poem out of nonsense. Lady of Shalott", the lady's name is repeated at the end of the stanzas, creating a sort of relaxing and calming effect similar to a nursery rhyme. The images used in the poem are vivid and show us the world outside the lady's tower: "On both the sides lie the river / Long fields of barley and rye / --- / Towards many-towered Camelot; / And up and down the people go" (Tenn...... middle of paper ......bearing, I believe that the most important thing in a poem should be its content - the message or feeling of what the poet wants to share - and not how. Example of the opposite can be seen in Carroll's "Jabberwocky", and this cannot be labeled as great poetry, can it? , 6th edition Brace, 1998Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Raven". The Norton Anthology of American Literature, fifth edition shorter Composition", 1850.http://www.poedecoder.com/Qrisse/works/philosophy.html (online )Lord Tennyson, Alfred. "The Lady of Shalott". The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Sixth Edition, Major Authors. New York: Norton & Company, 1996. 1883-1887