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anastrophe

(n): the reversal of the normal order of words
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8 months ago rolig said:

Another example, typically from a Protestant hymn based on Psalm 23. Except for the first line, nothing in this stanza is stated in the normal word order:

The Lord's my shepherd; I'll not want.
He makes me down to lie;
In pastures green he leadeth me
The quiet waters by.

8 months ago rolig said:

Useful this can be sometimes.

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