Pangrammatic

Wordsmithing from A to Z

A pangram is a whole sentence or verse that contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet. It may contain multiple instances of some of those letters, but every letter will appear at least once. Pangrams are useful for displaying the full range of any given font, and can also be helpful as a teaching tool for students just learning how to write. Perhaps the most famous and concise pangram goes like this:

“The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.”

If you analyze the nine words of this simple phrase then you’ll soon find that it does indeed contain the entire alphabet within itself. Of course, the above is but one classic example of this type of wordplay. Leave it up to Obsidian Eagle to take things a step further… Today’s Anti-Poem consists of a series of six pangrams, loosely connected via an overarching motif. Do keep in mind that due to the brevity of each composition, they don’t always make perfect sense. Poetry is an interpretive art anyway, n’est-ce pas? Ladies & Gentlemen (et al), Yours Truly proudly presents:

Pangrammatic

Quotidian java: espresso at breakfast followed by a complex, semi-sweet zinfandel during lunch.

Tripping over daisies bodes well for the quizzical juxtaposition of crazy karma.

Take this antiquated vanity away — zip-a-dee-doo-dah — both good and bad luck are Jinx manifesting its sway!

Joking aside and quite exuberant as they may be, never fraternize with uncouth people whose horrid manners forgo common decency.

Jester quit asking meaningless questions and answer yourself honestly; do zingers vex because of pride?

Just close the book on philology, because inquisitive minds rarely relax from word wizardry.

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