Inspire by my previous efforts to see what an AI would draw when given nonsense words (see here), I decided to see what it would do with nonsense words from a master. I chose the nonsense poem 'Jabberwocky' by Lewis Carrol. Bēhance has limited formatting options, so I've decided to give you the poem, a few lines at a time, preceded by the images that Stable Diffusion v2.1 (Imagine V4) produced. I've underlined each nonsense word so that you know what each image is supposed to represent, from left to right.
Jabberwocky
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.
He chortled in his joy.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
These illustrations were drawn using Stable Diffusion 2.1.
