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'''Humpty Dumpty''' is the subject of a well-known [[nursery rhyme]]:<br /> | '''Humpty Dumpty''' is the subject of a well-known [[nursery rhyme]]:<br /> | ||
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| − | Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,<br /> | + | ''Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,<br /> |
| − | Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.<br /> | + | ''Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.<br /> |
| − | All the King's horses, and all the King's men<br /> | + | ''All the King's horses, and all the King's men<br /> |
| − | Couldn't put Humpty together again. | + | ''Couldn't put Humpty together again. |
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
The poem may originally have been a [[riddle]], the hearer having to guess that Humpty Dumpty is an [[egg]], but there are many other theories about its origins and its meaning.<ref>''The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes'', edited by Iona and Peter Opie. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1951.</ref> | The poem may originally have been a [[riddle]], the hearer having to guess that Humpty Dumpty is an [[egg]], but there are many other theories about its origins and its meaning.<ref>''The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes'', edited by Iona and Peter Opie. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1951.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 11:43, February 24, 2008
Humpty Dumpty is the subject of a well-known nursery rhyme:
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King's horses, and all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.
The poem may originally have been a riddle, the hearer having to guess that Humpty Dumpty is an egg, but there are many other theories about its origins and its meaning.[1]
Humpty Dumpty is also well known as a character in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass, where he explains the meaning of some of the invented words in the poem Jabberwocky. He also confuses Alice by using words with non-standard meanings, explaining “When I use a word, ... it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.”[2]