Syntax & Word Order
Anastrophe
Reversing the usual order of a word pair — adjective after noun, preposition after object: 'the forest primeval.' A small, controlled inversion that sounds older or more poetic.
"the forest primeval" — Longfellow
Don't confuse it with Hyperbaton. The gentle end of hyperbaton's spectrum; periodic structure delays whole clauses, not word pairs.
In the Reader — 3 excerpts
Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit
As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.
The bull was squared on all four feet to be killed, and Romero killed directly
Travels with
Devices that share a passage with anastrophe most often — company reveals character.
Passive Voice 4 Synecdoche 3 Asyndeton 3 Litotes 3 Polyptoton 3 Hyperbaton 3
The rest of the family
Hyperbaton Periodic Sentence Cumulative (Loose) Sentence Parataxis Parenthesis Apposition / Appositive Zeugma Hendiadys Pleonasm Enumeration / Accumulatio Passive Voice Cleft Sentence