hyperbaton
hyperbaton, a transposition or inversion of usual word order. The device is often used in poetry, as in line 13 from Canto II of Alexander Pope’s The Rape of the Lock (1712–14): “Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike.”
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Article Title:
hyperbaton
Website Name:
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher:
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published:
15 March 2016
Access Date:
February 23, 2025