CHIASMUS VERSUS ANTIMETABOLE

Abstract

The article elaborates the difference between antimetabole and chiasmus. It has been revealed that there is paradox in the meaning of chiasmus while it is not observed in antimetabole. While comparing the chiasmus and antimetabole it turned out that both of them have A-B-B-A stuctures. The study revealed that chiasmus  may  also have the repetition of the same words as antimetabole  which rejects some definitions about chiasmus. During the research, it turned out that examples taken for chiasmus and antimetabole are not always right. First of all, there is a need to identify their theoretical and logical difference. Besides, the role of anastrophe has been discussed in the article, too.