Chiasmus
Chiasmus is a speech device by which the sequence of the terms in the first of two parallel clauses reserving in the second. This may include a reiteration of the exact words.
Chiasmus is particularly common in eighteenth-century English poetry but can also be found in prose and verse of all periods. It took its name from the Greek letter "chi," which designates a 'criss-cross' term's positioning [Baldick, p. 38].
Chiasmus (from Greek means ‘an arrangement crosswise’) is a changing grammatical structure in consecutive phrases or clauses. The device is associated with antithesis [Cuddon, p. 119].
Сhiasmus (in rhetoric) is the reversal of words from the first half of a statement into the second half [Quinn, p. 74].
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⠀ Cuddon J.A. (2013). A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell.
⠀ Quinn Edward. (2006). A dictionary of literary and thematic terms. New-York: Infobase Publishing.