Syntactic Inversion

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Syntactic inversion is the change in the style of a sentence. A proper sentence is subject followed by a verb and ended with an object. Syntactic inversion reverses this order and has the sentence be object followed by verb and ended with subject. The purpose of syntactic inversion might be to deliberately moving us from the ordinary world or to imitate latin syntax. An example of this in Paradise Lost is, “Of man’s first disobedience...sing Heavenly Muse.”

Mock-form is a writing convention that allows writers to break stylistic decorum. What this means is that the writer no longer needs to have the style and form match the subject one is writing on. It is done in a way as to not ridicule that style of work but to pretend. An example of mock-blason …show more content…

One of those stylistic features it contains is neoclassicism. The passage contains neoclassicism because of the balance and clarity it provides. The passage shows the truth behind what Celia did to get ready in five hours. Furthermore, the last two lines of the passage were all about balance. If one is to have beautiful tulips they must spring from a pile of dung. The passage is all about trying to provide Strephon his harmony back if only he would be able to think like the narrator.
 Furthermore, in the passage a syllabic form used was satire. The last passage included pointing out the folly of Strephon. While pointing out the folly of Strephon - his blindness when it came to Celia - it was not done to ridicule Strephon. The satire was used to attempt to correct his mistakes to the readers. The readers are invited to laugh at how Strephon now sees Celia. Not only are the readers invited to laugh but the diction used also invites the reads to judge Strephon and themselves if they are too at fault. The satire is used to help teach the readers that it is important to to be blinded by what one

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