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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
The immediate repetition of a word or phrase.
5. Epanalepsis
The repetition of a word at the start and end of a sentence.
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.
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.
Removing conjunctions (e.g. and, or) from a series of related clauses.
8. Anastrophe
The inversion of normal word order.
The inversion of normal word order.
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