Anastrophe

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 * Definition:: **Anastrophe is the violation of conventional sentence structure through inverting or positioning words oddly within a sentence.

 Definition taken from Oxford English Dictionary.
 * Origin:: **From the Greek word that means //a turning back//.


 * See also:: **@Hysteron Proteron


 * Examples ** from text:

1) In "Miss Henrietta Stralson", by the Marquis de Sade, Granwel, after his first actual encounter with Miss Stralson, launches into a tirade about women in which he uses anastrophe. He says, " They observe that we set great store by the petty matter of having them, and accordingly think that they too are entitled to attach a great price to the same business and **oblige us to waste on romantic elucubrations precious time** which was meant only for pleasure..."

2) In "The Cask of Amontillado", by Edgar Allen Poe, the narrator, Montresor, frequently uses anastrophe. He declares his motives for wanting to kill Fortunato by saying, "**The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne** the best I could," and he does not take two torches from their sconces, but "took **from their sconces two flambeaux."**

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