Word game - anagrams

• KittynMeow

  9 Oct 07, 17:00

  yes I'm bored... so here are some word puzzles... which can be kinda fun... hehehe
  
  1) Oriental tail
  
  2) Taunt up icon
  
  3) Harm poet
  
  4) Win grit
  
  5) Cast-iron bat
  
  6) In pain riots
  
  7) A no. to quit
  
  Truer cuts
  
  9) I'm the act
  
  10) Patriots nag
  
  All these terms have one thing or another to do with poetry, literature in general... hehehe... happy guessing!
  
  
• S-wordsman

  10 Oct 07, 00:34

  (1) Oriental tail - alliteration
  
  (2) Taunt up icon - punctuation
  
  (3) Harm poet - metaphor
  
  (4) Win grit - writing
  
  (5) Cast-iron bat - abstraction
  
  (6) In pain riots - inspiration
  
  (7) A no. to quit - quotation
  
  8. Truer cuts - structure
  
  (9) I'm the act - thematic
  
  (10) Patriots nag - protagonist
  
  P.S. Interesting task. Thanks.
  
• KittynMeow

  10 Oct 07, 11:11

  wah.... all correct in one shot....
  
  kekekekekeke
• Master -_-

  10 Oct 07, 11:15

  the power of automatic anagram software
• S-wordsman

  10 Oct 07, 15:51

  Originally posted by Master -_-:

  the power of automatic anagram software

  I had a teacher in JC that once accused me of plagiarism when the words were my own. Please don't underestimate the power of the human mind and the potent nature of sheer will. When you do that you discount yourself as part of that species.
• Master -_-

  10 Oct 07, 15:57

  Originally posted by S-wordsman:

  I had a teacher in JC that once accused me of plagiarism when the words were my own. Please don't underestimate the power of the human mind and the potent nature of sheer will. When you do that you discount yourself as part of that species.

  yeah i agree..do not underestimate the power of the human mind..
• DeadPoet

  13 Oct 07, 00:05

  Wow, that's cool.
  
  How about name of poets?
• KittynMeow

  15 Oct 07, 00:23

  Originally posted by DeadPoet:

  Wow, that's cool.
  
  How about name of poets?

  thinking of working that out next... hehehehehe see if i can get some time tomorrow to post it up...
• KittynMeow

  15 Oct 07, 12:52

  here it is... poets' names..... wah tough...
  
  

  1) Sublimate Waterlily
  
  2) Smug Icemen
  
  3) Skinny Domicile
  
  4) Joins That Fawn
  
  5) Blame All Kiwi
  
  6) Lost Tile
  
  7) Browbeating Brazen Hitler
  
  8 ) Crew Handle
  
  9) Cowards Lie
  
  10) Many Had Lost
• S-wordsman

  15 Oct 07, 23:22

  So far I've managed these:
  
  2) Smug Icemen - e e cummings
  
  3) Skinny Domicile – Emily Dickinson
  
  5) Blame All Kiwi – William Blake
  
  6) Lost Tile – T.S. Eliot
  
  7) Browbeating Brazen Hitler – Elizabeth Barret Browning (Barrett spelled wrongly)
  
  9) Cowards Lie – Oscar Wilde
  
  Gotta mark my exam scripts so these will have to wait:
  
  1) Sublimate Waterlily –
  
  4) Joins That Fawn –
  
  8 ) Crew Handle –
  
  10) Many Had Los –
  
• dsnake1

  16 Oct 07, 09:35

  10) Many Had Lost >>> Dylan Thomas
• KittynMeow

  16 Oct 07, 09:59

  Originally posted by S-wordsman:

  7) Browbeating Brazen Hitler – Elizabeth Barret Browning (Barrett spelled wrongly)
  
  

  hahaha oops... forgot to doublecheck on that spelling...
• KittynMeow

  16 Oct 07, 10:02

  so far so good.... only 3 more to guess....
  
  1) Sublimate Waterlily
  4) Joins That Fawn
  8 ) Handle Crew
  
• dsnake1

  18 Oct 07, 22:49

  1) Sublimate Waterlily >>> william butler yeats
• KittynMeow

  19 Oct 07, 10:04

  yes!! correct!! that took you some time...
  
  2 more to go.... anyone wants to try?
• Seven_Dragon

  19 Oct 07, 10:11

  Man Ref Jay --> Guess one famous person (don't know male or female) nick in sgf
  happy guessing
• Darkness_hacker99

  19 Oct 07, 10:15

  Originally posted by Seven_Dragon:

  Man Ref Jay --> Guess one famous person (don't know male or female) nick in sgf
  happy guessing

  JaneMaryF
• Seven_Dragon

  19 Oct 07, 10:19

  Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:

  JaneMaryF

  smart boy
• KittynMeow

  19 Oct 07, 10:23

  Duh.....
  
  I meant who knows the answers to the remaining anagrams...
  
  4) Joins That Fawn
  8 ) Handle Crew
  
  and the answers are names of poets..... this is afterall a poetry forum.
• S-wordsman

  20 Oct 07, 01:24

  Joins That Fawn - Jonathan Swift
• KittynMeow

  20 Oct 07, 01:31

  Originally posted by S-wordsman:

  Joins That Fawn - Jonathan Swift

  good good!! one more to go.... so who is the last one??
• S-wordsman

  21 Oct 07, 10:32

  Sorry I've gven up on the last one.
  
  Handle Crew
• KittynMeow

  22 Oct 07, 10:08

  Originally posted by S-wordsman:

  Sorry I've gven up on the last one.
  
  Handle Crew

  hahahahaha DH Lawrence is the answer.... though some may argue that he's more known as a novelist than a poet... hahaha
• trendz

  22 Oct 07, 10:34

  wow! this is cool!
• KittynMeow

  22 Oct 07, 15:07

  hehehehee.... poets are tough.... I'll have to think of another subject matter to do a word game on....
  
  boy i love word puzzles... hahahaha