| This darkness troubles the poet, whose arguments reveal incongruence and potential chaos due to the irrational panic, as can be appreciated in the ongoing hyperbaton. |
| The use of the poetic device hyperbaton, or inverted word order, is a form of repetition that sets the mood for the rest of the section. |
| Likewise, Lucan uses hyperbaton to suggest Erictho's agitation, as she threatens to reveal Persephone's darkest secrets. |
| Note the separation of the epithets from the nouns, and the high level of diction produced by the hyperbaton. |
