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Great anagrams:
Several people on my Facebook and elsewhere have been pointing out that "Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan" anagrams to "My ultimate Ayn Rand porn". Which is good, but, in a comment, someone pointed to two that are even more impressive:
"The jubilee day of Victoria, queen and empress" anagrams to "Joys are never quite complete, if a husband die".
But one contender for "the greatest anagrammatical feat in the English language" is David Shulman's 1936 sonnet "Washington Crossing the Delaware":
Every line in that is an anagram of "Washington Crossing the Delaware."
"The jubilee day of Victoria, queen and empress" anagrams to "Joys are never quite complete, if a husband die".
But one contender for "the greatest anagrammatical feat in the English language" is David Shulman's 1936 sonnet "Washington Crossing the Delaware":
A hard, howling, tossing water scene.
Strong tide was washing hero clean.
"How cold!" Weather stings as in anger.
O Silent night shows war ace danger!
The cold waters swashing on in rage.
Redcoats warn slow his hint engage.
When star general's action wish'd "Go!"
He saw his ragged continentals row.
Ah, he stands – sailor crew went going.
And so this general watches rowing.
He hastens – winter again grows cold.
A wet crew gain Hessian stronghold.
George can't lose war with's hands in;
He's astern – so go alight, crew, and win!
Every line in that is an anagram of "Washington Crossing the Delaware."
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...And he did it without benefit of software. It's quite an achievement. I wonder why it ever occurred to him, that there might be fourteen relevant lines'-worth of anagrams in that phrase?
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