Quotes About Chiasmus

For example, in the chiasmus used by Isaiah here in the first eight verses, the main message is found in verse 5, where he emphasizes that when a society collapses because of wickedness, everyone is persecuted and oppressed by everyone else.

Chaosmos, however, is an aptly disunified concept, voicing the word 'chiasmus', or 'arch', that symbol of structural harmony, and in itself a bridge, like many of the Wake words themselves, between chaos and cosmos.

John F. Kennedy deployed a chiasmus during his inaugural address—"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"—and thousands joined the Peace Corps.