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Anagrams relate to various forms of thought or writing, as shown by the »anastrophe«, or reversal of the usual order of words, or the alliteration:  »anathematized anatomy«.  Etymological thinking is also a derisive tool when not applied as a serious method of knowledge:  the Greek meaning of »anatomy« was »cutting up«.  From that point of view, anagrams are concretions of analogies, in a way similar to metaphors and similes.  Parallel thinking is not far, as are word-games invented by the Surrealists and deconstruction.
 
 
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