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Meaning of hipérbaton




John Rene Plaut

hipérbaton
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HIPERBATON LITERARY FIGURE corresponding to group 1 of DICTION FIGUREs and subgroup 4 POSITION FIGURES, consisting of 4 literary figures : 1 . 4 . 1 HYPOBATON 1 . 4 . 2 ANSTROFE or E]iNVERSION . 1 . 4 . 3 TEMESIS OR LEXICAL ENCALBAGATION and 1 . 4 . 4 SYNQUISIS , SYNCHYSIS or MIXTURA VERBORUM or CACOSINTETON . It consists in transposing terms to give more emphasis and elegance to the phrase : From my body, my heart : from my soul, my reason; You are my life, my passion (John Plaut ) Normally you would say : I give you my heart of my body, my reason of my soul and the passion of my life.

  



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