A structure crosses overSourced
The next phrase can reverse the first phrase’s pattern
Chiasmus reverses grammatical structures across successive phrases or clauses. Related meanings can form a crossed pattern without repeating the same words. It is often distinguished from antimetabole, which also reverses a pattern but repeats its words.
Order itself becomes part of the expression.
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