Beheaded, I am a portion of land.
Beheaded again and transposed, and I become the lot of all humanity.
Answer: Chide, hide, die.
Complete, I am without rule or method.
Beheaded and transposed, I am a mythological true friend;
Again, and I give expression to sounds of grief.
Answer: Random, Damon, moan.
My whole is a metal.
Beheaded, curtailed, and transposed, I am a noted English poet.
Beheaded and transposed, I then become an American poet.