Thread by @culturaltutor

This line is so memorable for a reason.

It's a perfect use of "antimetabole" - the repetition of a phrase with its word order reversed.

Here are 8 more memorable rhetorical devices:

1. Polyptoton

The repeated use of words with the same root, like destroy, destroyer, and destroyed.

2. Anadiplosis

The repetition of the last word of a clause at the beginning of the next.

3. Anaphora

The use of the same word or phrase at the start of successive clauses or sentences.

4. Epizeuxis

The immediate repetition of a word or phrase.

5. Epanalepsis

The repetition of a word at the start and end of a sentence.

6. Antithesis

The use (and contrast) of two opposing ideas in a single sentence.

7. Asyndeton

Removing conjunctions (e.g. and, or) from a series of related clauses.

8. Anastrophe

The inversion of normal word order.