#anastrophe

My youth died when hope was lost

Hope was lost when my youth died.

A vicious cycle of codependency

Codependency is a vicious cycle.

Turning cycles circling within

Within circling cycles turning.

Brain on constant repeat

Constant repeat brain on.

Numbing the pain lasts maybe 5 minutes

Maybe 5 minutes numbing the pain lasts.

Life parades paradoxes perfectly

Perfectly Paradoxes life parades.

Hope mascarades as youth

Youth mascarades as hope.

It is not a thing with feathers

Feathers is not a thing hope is.

Hope is housed within our hearts

Hearts is the house of hope.

Rather, hope grows like a seed

Like a seed hope grows.

💁‍♂️  PRO TIP: On this year’s AP Language exam, don’t worry about using this term in your rhetorical analysis essay. 

20. Do you have a favorite fanfic or author?

Depends on the fandom that I'm in at the time, but I guess if I really had to pick one, it'd be Accursed Ones by thethirdamell. I'm a hardcore Anders fan from Dragon Age 2, and this is the best fucking fanfic I've ever read for him, and maybe the best fucking fanfic I've ever read period. Vik (the author) is a genuis when it comes to plotting out storylines and keeping all the characters actually in character (seriously, it feels like he knows these characters better than the writers of the games do), and I have had my heart ripped out of my chest far too many times while reading this fic. So glad Vik's been updating it again--it's got me going back and reading it all over again, and I'm having an absolutely depressingly great time doing it. Fair warning: it's very sad and very dark, but also somehow hilarious and fluffy.

Anastrophe Verse Anastrophe is a literary device where the normal word order of a sentence or phrase is deliberately inverted. This technique is often used in poetry to create emphasis, enhance rhythm, or evoke a particular mood. Anastrophe can make a poem feel more lyrical, mysterious, or dramatic by placing words in an unexpected sequence. The Window Beyond Bright the sky, with golden hue it…

[1] Modern schizophrenic entertainment, the most insidious growth, rhizomatic mold seeping through cracks taking any time it can get from those who use it. When we fuse entertainment’s acceleration with life, we are left with a process that cannot be receded. Alienated misery compounds consumption to horrific heights. And pain begets pain, summoning necessary amusement. Your entertainment…

A- ALLUSION- Her ability to look past appearances and recognize inner beauty was a really Belle-like trait.

N- ANASTROPHE- Her unconditional love for her family can't be compared to anything.

G- ASYNDETON- As she sees the beast, she screams, she curses, she runs, she hides because of what she saw.

E- ANASTROPHE- Backwards, upon her slowly walking, she tripped and fell, which caught his attention.

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