How Doth the Little Crocodile was created in 1865.
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It can be found in the animated version of Alice in Wonderland.
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
It doesn't mean anything. Carroll deliberately wrote it as nonsense. It's a parody of the morality poem 'How doth the little busy bee' by Isaac Watts.
it means does for exsample (how doth the little crocodile improve his shining tail)
United We Doth was created on 2003-07-29.
How doth the little crocodile... a poem by Lewis Carroll. How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale! How cheerfully he seems to grin How neatly spreads his claws, And welcomes little fishes in, With gently smiling jaws!
How Doth the Simple Spelling Bee was created in 1907.
How Doth the Little Crocodile was written as a parody of Against Idleness and Mischief by Isaac Watts.How doth the little busy beeImprove each shining hour,And gather honey all the dayFrom every opening flower!How skillfully she builds her cell!How neat she spreads the wax!And labours hard to store it wellWith the sweet food she makes.In works of labour or of skill,I would be busy too;For Satan finds some mischief stillFor idle hands to do.In books, or work, or healthful play,Let my first years be passed,That I may give for every daySome good account at lastThe moral message of Watts' poem is that through business and productive labour we will not fall into evil ways. Carroll's poem subverts or questions this by asking what happens if our labours themselves are inherently evil.How doth the little crocodileImprove his shining tail,And pour the waters of the NileOn every golden scale!How cheerfully he seems to grin,How neatly spreads his claws,And welcomes little fishes in,With gently smiling jaws!There has been an attempt to relate all of Lewis Carrol's nonsensical poems with mathematical concepts. Whether this was the author's intention or not there has been curious and quite valid arguments made for each one. In the case of How Doth The Little Crocodile the mathematical concept would be a cumulative sum. That which is usually depicted by the Greek symbol sigma.
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