Chiasmus is a rhetorical device analogous to antithesis, characterized by a mirrored structure (ab/ba) in the arrangement of contrasting elements, as exemplified in Pope's "Moral Essays."
Chiasmus is a rhetorical device, a form of antithesis where contrasting elements are arranged in a mirrored pattern (ab/ba), as seen in Pope's 'Moral Essays': 'A fop their passion / but their prize a sot.'
| Front | chiasmus |
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| Back | a type of antithesis where the contrasting parts of the normal antithesis stand in the relation ab/ab , those of chiasmus form a mirror image, ab/ba A fop(a) their passion (b)/ but their prize (b) a sot (a) ; Pope's moral essays |
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