JSngry Posted January 15, 2008 Report Posted January 15, 2008 Where instead of saying "I cannot hide my love for you" you say. "My love for you I cannot hide"? Or something like that. Seems like that's a fallback position for a lot of lyric writers when they need a rhyme to K.I.S.S. The rules, regulations, and terminology if formal grammar and sentence diagramming were a loooong time ago for me... Quote
Spontooneous Posted January 15, 2008 Report Posted January 15, 2008 A Miltonic inversion, it's called. Quote
DukeCity Posted January 15, 2008 Report Posted January 15, 2008 Something new today, I learned! Quote
JSngry Posted January 15, 2008 Author Report Posted January 15, 2008 Indeed! Thanks! Miltonic, as in John Milton? What, was he the first guy to do it? Quote
Spontooneous Posted January 15, 2008 Report Posted January 15, 2008 Indeed! Thanks! Miltonic, as in John Milton? What, was he the first guy to do it? Zackly. Not the first, but maybe the most extreme. Quote
Larry Kart Posted January 15, 2008 Report Posted January 15, 2008 "Paradise Lost," opening lines: Of Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth Rose out of Chaos.... Quote
Chas Posted January 15, 2008 Report Posted January 15, 2008 Something new today, I learned! Incorrect comma placement , today your sentence illustrates . Quote
DukeCity Posted January 15, 2008 Report Posted January 15, 2008 Something new today, I learned! Incorrect comma placement , today your sentence illustrates . Six more guys like you and we'll have one of the categories covered. Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted January 15, 2008 Report Posted January 15, 2008 More common in other languages than in English is this device. Quote
Harold_Z Posted January 15, 2008 Report Posted January 15, 2008 fuck the what? Him and the horse on which in he rode. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 15, 2008 Report Posted January 15, 2008 Can't resist A well known Churchill quote goes something like "Ending a sentence with a preposiition is something, up with which I will not put." MG Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted January 15, 2008 Report Posted January 15, 2008 I thought all stuff like this was called a Madison: Now when I say hit it, I want you to go two up and two back double cross come out of it with the rifleman Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted January 16, 2008 Report Posted January 16, 2008 (edited) Thas whut I'm talkin' 'bout! Walk on you're lookin' good Edited January 16, 2008 by Chuck Nessa Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted January 16, 2008 Report Posted January 16, 2008 Can't resist A well known Churchill quote goes something like "Ending a sentence with a preposiition is something, up with which I will not put." MG Actually, a grammarian was criticizing Churchill, who responded "That is the kind of criticism up with which I will not put." Quote
Niko Posted January 16, 2008 Report Posted January 16, 2008 More common in other languages than in English is this device. may have to do with the fact that finding rhymes in English is easier than in other languages (can only compare with german haven't tried others)... hate it when they do that in song lyrics... Quote
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