英文修辞chiasmus例句

Ifleewhochasesme,andchasewhofleesme.(Ovid)Fairisfoul,andfoulisfair.(WilliamShakespeare,MacbethI.i)Ifblackmenhavenorightsintheeyesofthewhitemen,ofcoursethewhitescanhavenoneintheeyesoftheblacks.(FrederickDouglass,AnAppealtoCongressforImpartialSuffrage)Theartofprogressistopreserveorderamidchangeandtopreservechangeamidorder.(AlfredNorthWhitehead)DoIloveyoubecauseyou'rebeautiful?OrareyoubeautifulbecauseIloveyou?(OscarHammersteinII,DoILoveYouBecauseYou'reBeautiful?)Thevalueofmarriageisnotthatadultsproducechildren,butthatchildrenproduceadults.(PeterDeVries)Peopletheworldoverhavealwaysbeenmoreimpressedbythepowerofourexamplethanbytheexampleofourpower.(PresidentBillClinton,August2008)Youcantakeitoutofthecountry,butyoucan'ttakethecountryoutofit.(sloganforSalemcigarettes)MyjobisnottorepresentWashingtontoyou,buttorepresentyoutoWashington.(BarackObama)ChiasmusAsVerbalJudoTherootpatterniscalled'chiasmus'because,diagrammed,itformsan'X,'andtheGreeknameforXischi.WhenJohnKennedyconstructedhisfamousbromide,'Asknotwhatyourcountrycandoforyoubutwhatyoucandoforyourcountry,'hewenttotheWellofAntithesisforhisactiveingredient.Wheredoesthe'X'powercomefrom?...Obviouslyaverbaljudoisatworkhere.Bykeepingthephrasebutinvertingitsmeaningweuseouropponent'sownpowertoovercomehim,justasajudoexpertdoes.Soascholarremarkedofanother'stheory,'CannonentertainsthattheorybecausethattheoryentertainsCannon.'Thepunon'entertain'complicatesthechiasmushere,butthejudostillprevails--Cannonisplayingwiththepowerofhisownmindratherthanfiguringoutthesecretsoftheuniverse.(RichardA.Lanham,AnalyzingProse,2nded.Continuum,2003)