Notes on Nuance Quotes

“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.7 See the reversal there? In the initial part of the sentence, we have “rise by sin.” The verb (rise) comes before the noun (sin). But in the next part of the sentence, Shakespeare switches the order. Now the verb (fall) comes after the noun (virtue).”
― Patrick Barry, Notes on Nuance: Volume 1

“chiasmus. Represented by the pattern A-B-B-A, it’s when a certain grammatical structure is repeated—but in a reverse order.”
― Patrick Barry, Notes on Nuance: Volume 1