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> carving breasts into rocks and crafting cloth into petals. The anti-parallelism of this phrase is epic.
by addaon 4y ago
> carving breasts into rocks and crafting cloth into petals.
The anti-parallelism of this phrase is epic.
- StrictDabbler 4y agoIt is probably a syllepsis, where a governing word or phrase applies differently in multiple contexts. The canonical example is "He hastened put out out the cat, the wine, his cigar and the lamps." In this case the governing word would be "into" but I'm hesitant because prepositions in English are treated so differently than they are in Latin or Greek. It also verges on paraprosdokian. Anyway, I love these structures, so thank you for drawing attention to it.
- illiarian 4y agoCould you say that the writer's style is... florid?