Associations to the word «Anastrophe»

Wiktionary

ANASTROPHE, noun. (rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.

Dictionary definition

ANASTROPHE, noun. The reversal of the normal order of words.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats