Anastrophe

Synonyms of anastrophe

• transposition
• inversion
• hyperbaton

Antonyms of anastrophe

• normal order
• direct order
• conventional order

Collocations of anastrophe

poetic technique

Frequency: 65 %

The poet employed anastrophe as a poetic technique to create a unique rhythm in the poem.

rhetorical device

Frequency: 60 %

The speaker used anastrophe as a rhetorical device to emphasize certain words in the speech.

grammatical inversion

Frequency: 50 %

Anastrophe involves a grammatical inversion of the usual word order in a sentence.

literary technique

Frequency: 45 %

Anastrophe is a literary technique that can add emphasis or create a dramatic effect in writing.

Idiomatic Expressions for anastrophe

• Phrase: out of order
  Meaning: not in the usual or expected sequence
  Usage: The files on the desk were all out of order, making it difficult to find the necessary documents.