Rhetorical Devices Anastrophe and Antanaclasis

Anastrophe is the deliberate changing of normal word order for emphasis. For example: “Enter the forest primeval.” “On a black cloak sparkle the stars.” “Bright he was not.” Antanaclasis is when the same word is repeated but with a different sense each time.  Antanaclasis creates comic effect when used in the form of irony and […]

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