antimetabole

Etymology

(Traditional) Gk. anti “in opposite direction” and metabole “turning about”

Synonyms, partial synonyms, and alternate spellings

antimetathesis, antimetavole, chiasmus, commutatio, reciprocal change, the counterchange

Definition

The occurrence of at least two of the same lexemes in one sequence (A<B) and in the reverse sequence (B<A).

Example

You handle your own when you become a man and  become a man when you handle your own. (Atha et al. 2014:1:00-1:08)

Atha, Michael. 2014. Till It’s Gone. Vol. Youtube Video. Shady Records.

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