anastrophe

A noun referring to the reversal of the normal order of words in a sentence, often used for rhetorical or poetic effect.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant l'inversion de l'ordre normal des mots dans une phrase, souvent utilisée pour un effet rhétorique ou poétique.

1. Rhetorical inversion C2 formal

   The reversal of the conventional order of words in a sentence for emphasis or stylistic effect.

   • "This I must see" is an example of anastrophe.
   • In poetry, anastrophe is often used to maintain meter.
   • The phrase "powerful you have become" uses anastrophe.

   🇫🇷Anastrophe (inversion rhétorique)

   Synonymes: hyperbatoninversionreversaltransposition

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• anastrophe's possessive singular form