In rhetoric, antimetabole (/æntɪməˈtæbəliː/ AN-ti-mə-TAB-ə-lee) is the repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transposed order; for example, "I know what I like, and I like what I know". It is related to, and sometimes considered a special case of, chiasmus.
An antimetabole can be predictive, because it is easy to reverse the terms. It may trigger deeper reflection than merely stating one half of the line.[1]
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Writing Devices: Antimetabole
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Examples
- "Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno" ("One for all, all for one")
- "Eat to live, do not live to eat." —attributed to Socrates
- "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." —John F. Kennedy, 1961 inaugural address
- "There is no 'way to peace'. Peace is the way." —A. J. Muste
- "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." —Mark 2:27[2]
- "When the going gets tough, the tough get going."
- "With my mind on my money and my money on my mind." —Snoop Dogg in the song "Gin and Juice"
- "In America, you can always find a party. In Soviet Russia, Party always finds you!" —Yakov Smirnoff
- "The great object of [Hamlet's] life is defeated by continually resolving to do, yet doing nothing but resolve." —Samuel Taylor Coleridge on William Shakespeare's Hamlet
- "We didn't land on Plymouth Rock. The rock was landed on us." —Malcolm X[3]
- "He was just the man for such a place, and it was just the place for such a man." —Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass[4]
- "Are you the strongest because you're Satoru Gojo? Or are you Satoru Gojo because you're the strongest?"—Suguru Geto, Jujutsu Kaisen
- "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" —William Shakespeare, Macbeth[5]
- "And we'll lead, not merely by the example of our power, but by the power of our example." —Joe Biden, 2021 inaugural address[6]
- "All crime is vulgar, just as all vulgarity is crime" —Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray[7]
- "I'm hoping that somebody pray for me, I'm praying that somebody hope for me." —JID in the song "Enemy"
- "I pay my bills, and my bills are paid." —Amy Slaton-Halterman in an episode of 1000-lb Sisters
- “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” – Taylor Swift, “Mastermind"
Etymology
It is derived from the Greek ἀντιμεταβολή (antimetabolḗ), from ἀντί (antí, 'against, opposite') and μεταβολή (metabolḗ, 'turning about, change').
See also
References
- ^ Fahnestock, Jeanne (1999). Rhetorical Figures in Science. Oxford University Press. pp. 123–134.
- ^ "Mark 2:23-28 NIV". Bible Gateway.
- ^ "Malcolm X: Speech excerpt "Ballot or the Bullet"".
- ^ Douglass, Frederick (1995). Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc. p. 13. ISBN 0-486-28499-9.
- ^ Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. Act I, Scene 1, 12.
- ^ "Inauguration Speech". The New York Times. US Capitol. January 20, 2021.
- ^ Wilde, Oscar (2000). The Picture of Dorian Gray. London: Penguin Classics. p. 203.
- Corbett, Edward P.J. Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student. Oxford University Press, New York, 1971.
External links
Look up antimetabole in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- Audio examples of antimetabole at americanrhetoric.com
- Lapidos, Juliet (September 5, 2008). "The Hottest Rhetorical Device of Campaign '08". Slate.com. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
- Lapidos, Juliet (September 19, 2008). "The Old Switcheroo". On The Media. National Public Radio. Archived from the original on October 23, 2009. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
- Antimetabole detector at lingfil.uu.se
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