Iain  Lennon

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One of the things that makes Dorothy Parker’s chiasmus a trifle unlikely is that a good chiasmus needs to be thought out. Chiasmus is clever, but not natural. Kennedy’s inauguration speech could never have been improvised and Mae West, one suspects, took a while to work hers out.
Iain  Lennon
so it's not fresh, because it's all pre-planned
The Elements of Eloquence: How To Turn the Perfect English Phrase
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