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Both chiasmus and antimetabole can be used to reinforce antithesis. [6] In chiasmus, the clauses display inverted parallelism.Chiasmus was particularly popular in the literature of the ancient world, including Hebrew, Greek, Latin and K'iche' Maya, [7] where it was used to articulate the balance of order within the text.
In literary texts with a possible oral origin, such as Beowulf, chiastic or ring structures are often found on an intermediate level, that is, between the (verbal and/or grammatical) level of chiasmus and the higher level of chiastic structure such as noted in the Torah. John D. Niles provides examples of chiastic figures on all three levels. [25]
The most commonly cited example of chiasmus in the Book of Mormon is the prophet Alma's religious experience, as recorded in Alma 36. Welch claims that it is unlikely, although not impossible, [ 22 ] that Smith knew about chiasmus at the time of the Book of Mormon's publication, [ 23 ] which implies that chiasmus could only be present in the ...
The six examples given by FAIR in your link are of more complex chiasms and is by no means an exhaustive list. I personally have run across two extended examples of chaism in my reading of the book that are not included in their list: 1 Nephi 17:30-42 and 3 Nephi 27:7-29, the latter example being a thematic chaism. FreedomWorks!
Chiasmus – Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses; Climax – Repetition of the scheme anadiplosis at least three times, with the elements arranged in an order of increasing importance; Epanalepsis – Repetition of the initial word or words of a clause or sentence at the end of the clause or sentence
Chiasmus, the figure of speech in which two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point; that is, the clauses display inverted parallelism; Chiasmus (cipher), a German government block cipher
In 2003, John Dart proposed a complex theory of 'chiasms' (or 'chiasmus') running through the Gospel of Mark – a type of literary device he finds in the text. [219] Dart "[recovered] a formal structure to original Mark containing five major chiastic spans framed by a prologue and a conclusion."
But falconry was popular in that era and used in literature. Shakespeare used it in "Taming of the Shrew" as an analogy to taming Kate in the play (Shakespeare 4.1.169-176). [ 12 ] And the relationship between a falcon and its owner is complex as the bird must be broken of its wildness, tamed and kept in captivity, including blindness between ...