They invited four (or less.)
"O Oysters, come and walk with us!"
The Walrus did beseech.
"A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk,
Along the briny beach:
We cannot do with more than four,
To give a hand to each."
But they ended up with lots.
But four young oysters hurried up,
All eager for the treat:
Their coats were brushed, their faces washed,
Their shoes were clean and neat --
And this was odd, because, you know,
They hadn't any feet.
Four other Oysters followed them,
And yet another four;
And thick and fast they came at last,
And more, and more, and more --
All hopping through the frothy waves,
And scrambling to the shore.
4 + 4 + 4 + more + more + more = lots
In "The Walrus and the Carpenter," the oysters are portrayed as innocent and naive creatures who are lured and ultimately devoured by the deceptive Walrus and the Carpenter. This image highlights themes of betrayal and manipulation.
Oysters wearing coats
The Walrus and the Carpenter ate bread and oysters:"A loaf of bread," the Walrus said,"Is what we chiefly need:Pepper and vinegar besidesAre very good indeed --Now if you're ready Oysters dear,We can begin to feed."
The Walrus and the Carpenter
The Walrus
The Walrus and the Carpenter from Lewis Carroll's book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, ate oysters on the beach that had been tricked by the Walrus to come out of the sea.
The poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter" appears in Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There." It describes a walrus and a carpenter who lure young oysters to their dinner with promises of a pleasant walk.
The Walrus was the oyster eater in the Lewis Carroll verse "The Walrus and the Carpenter," which is found in the book "Through the Looking-Glass."
The Walrus and the Carpenter is a poem by Lewis Carroll featured in "Through the Looking-Glass." It tells the story of a walrus and a carpenter who trick a group of innocent oysters to leave their home and then eat them. The poem explores themes of deception and manipulation.
In the original poem the Walrus and the Carpenter trick and eat a lot of hapless oysters. In Disney's 1951 animation the Walrus eats ALL of them while the Carpenter isn't looking. However, while his actions are morally questionable, there is no suggestion that the Walrus has actually committed a crime.
In the poem The Walrus and the Carpenter, the carpenter is referred to as 'the Carpenter' throughout.Some critics have suggested that he is a metaphor for that other famous carpenter, Jesus Christ, and that the whole poem is a critique of organised religion, with the Carpenter representing Western religion and the Walrus representing Eastern religion, owning to his apparent resemblance to Buddha or the Hindu god Ganesha. However, this is known to be incorrect as Carroll didn't chose the name of the Carpenter, his illustrator John Tenniel did. Carroll was only interested in the meter of the word and presented Tenniel with three choices; carpenter, butterfly and baronet. Tenniel selected carpenter.
The speaker of "The Walrus and the Carpenter" is the Walrus.
The figures of speech in "The Walrus and the Carpenter" poem by Lewis Carroll include personification (giving human qualities to animals) as the walrus and carpenter speak and act like humans, as well as metaphor (comparing the sea to a boiled potato) and hyperbole (exaggeration in the walrus's story about the oysters). These literary devices enhance the whimsical and fantastical nature of the poem.