Chiasmus |Chiasmus Definition |Chiasmus Figure of Speech |Chiasmus Example
Chiasmus |Chiasmus Definition |Chiasmus Figure of Speech |Chiasmus Example
Chiasmus |Chiasmus Definition |Chiasmus Figure of Speech
The inversion in the order of words or phrases when repeated.
Chiasmus Example|Examples of Chiasmus
◆"Beauty is truth,truth beauty,"
...........(Keats:Ode on a Grecian Urn")
◆"Fair is foul,and foul is fair,"
...............(Shakespeare:Macbeth)
◆"The fool doth think he is wise,but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."
.........(Shakespeare:As You Like It,Act V,Scene I)
.........(Shakespeare:As You Like It,Act V,Scene I)
◆"Bettet a witty fool than a foolish wit".
...........(Shakespeare:Twelfth Night,Act I,Scene V)
...........(Shakespeare:Twelfth Night,Act I,Scene V)
◆"Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind."
(J.F. Kennedy :Speech to UN General Assembly)
Chiasmus is used to make the meaning more impressive by witty effect.
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