JABBERWOCKY REVISITED - Reviews (Compiled from LYRIQ issue 76)

A frabjous ode… brillig indeed and no mean feat to take on a "classic" with such audacity to imply an alternative tale. Well may you have quivelled to your toes, Elwood, but the result is a worthy effort. I also find my vocabulary has significantly increased, although as to the meaning of the many new words… who knows?   (T. Wren)

Jabberwocky Revisited is competently written, and quite humorous. There is always a danger in comparing your own poem with one that is well-known. For instance, there is nothing in Elwood's verse that catches the imagination like the first stanza of Jabberwocky. There is also something odd about the structure; if you are going to debunk a hero, you have to build him up first. By the time we get to the report of the action (stanzas 5 to 8), we are set up to disbelieve it. Nevertheless, some very clever use of language.   (I. McLaren?)
(Carroll did all the building up - I just took it from there! - EH)

Elwood's 'JABBERWOCKY REVISITED' I'm giving this first place, I think, for its intelligent and original new twist on what I thought was an untwistable subject! Mike Batt? Wombledon Common?   (N. Spooner-Harvey)

My number one vote goes to Elwood's Jabberwocky Revisited. I have always loved The Jabberwocky, and Elwood's revisit is a very humorous and worthy sequel.   (M. Pazdzierski)