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/haɪˈpɜːbətɒn/ · noun
(grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect..
In real life we often see a man under the influence of rage, or fear, […] begin a sentence, and then swerve aside into some inconsequent parenthesis, and then again double back to his original statement […]Now the figure hyperbaton is the means which is employed by the best writers to imitate these signs of natural emotion.
Use hyperbaton when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hyperbaton means (grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect..
Common synonyms include anastrophe, inversion.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In real life we often see a man under the influence of rage, or fear, […] begin a sentence, and then swerve aside into some inconsequent parenthesis, and then again double back to his original statement […]Now the figure hyperbaton is the means which is employed by the best writers to imitate these signs of natural emotion.
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