Anastrophe (from the Greek: ἀναστροφή, anastrophē, "a turning back or about") is a figure of speech in which the normal word order of the subject, the verb, and the object is changed.For example, subject–verb–object ("I like potatoes") might be changed to object–subject–verb ("potatoes I like").
Example:
Neither a borrower nor a lender be.- William Shakespeare, Hamlet.
Further example:
Something there is that doesn't love a wall...
- Robert Frost, Mending Wall
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