Your Move: Shakespeare Anagram
The Shakespeare Teacher is out. It’s your move.
For the anagram challenge, I’ve chosen a passage from Henry IV, Part Two. The dying King Henry IV is giving advice to his son Hal, who will soon become King Henry V. He suggests that Hal take his nation to war in a foreign country to distract them from the illegitimacy of his rule.
From Henry IV, Part Two:
Therefore, my Harry,
Be it thy course to busy giddy minds
With foreign quarrels; that action, hence borne out,
May waste the memory of the former days.
Shift around the letters, and it becomes…?
Entries should use all of the letters in the original quote without adding any. Punctuation may be changed freely, but you may not add numerals or use any punctuation that needs to be pronounced (such as & or @). The best anagrams have some thematic resonance with the original quote. See earlier anagrams for samples. You may find this a useful tool along the way, and you can check your final anagram here before posting.
Entries are due by March 10, and a winner will be chosen after that time.
September 13th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Oh, why countrymen
Decry Obama’s health reform; hinder it,
Is a curiosity, quite the mystery to me;
As they’re no better off
After dodgy warmonger Bush.
September 13th, 2009 at 2:49 am
P.S. Sorry my entry is late – I just recently found your site.
September 13th, 2009 at 5:44 am
Welcome, Dharam!
That’s a great anagram! Thanks for taking the time to compose and post it.