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Lewis Carroll wrote parodies of well-known poems and literature, including works by Alfred Lord Tennyson and William Shakespeare. He also created parodies of popular songs and societal norms in his writings.

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Lewis Carroll, who was a professional mathematician who worked at Oxford University, invented what is now known as the Carroll Diagram or Lewis Carroll Square. It was designed to assist in the resolution of syllogisms, enabling the user to sort data into simple yes/no categories. Please follow the related link below for more details.

He also invented rabbits who can tell time and a smoking caterpillar. He invented mushrooms that can enlarge and shrink you, as well as a manically smiling cat, Tweedledee and Tweedledum and croquet with flamingos.

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In the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll parodies several poems and songs:

  • How Doth the Little Crocodile is a parody of Isaac Watts' poem Against Idleness and Mischief
  • You Are Old, Father William parodies Robert Southey's The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them
  • Speak Roughly to Your Little boy is a parody of Speak Gently, a poem attributed to GW Longford
  • Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat is a parody of The Star by Jane Taylor
  • Will You Walk a Little Faster mimics the first line and meter of Mary Howitt's poem The Spider and the Fly
  • The Voice of the Lobster parodies The Sluggard by Isaac Watts
  • Turtle Soup parodies Star of the Evening by James M Sayles

source: The Annotated Alice by Martin Gardner

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