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What does antimetabole mean?

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Noun
  1. (rhetoric) The technique of reversal, where accentuated by reversal of words, actions or grammatical structure.
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He would be able to label these devices as antimetabole, polyptoton, epistrophe, antithesis, epanalepsis, anaphora, polysyndeton, anastrophe, etc.
The antimetabole of the first line does not merely reflect but establishes the logic of prodigal love.

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