Meaning of antimetabole | Babel Free

Definitions

The technique of repeating a phrase while reversing the order of certain elements or its grammatical structure, as a form of juxtaposition.

countable, rhetoric, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Antimetabole at effect will strain, And words and terms revers'd employ again.”

“"Mankind must put an end to war or else war will put an end to mankind." Many other instances may be found in kind. As one reserves fine china for the most special occasions and in only the most select company, so Kennedy used his beloved antimetabole.”

CEFR level