Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 2 AIL 0108 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Why Inversion Happens
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The idea
Inversion serves meter and rhyme, and it also puts emphasis where the writer wants it. A word moved to the front of a sentence is stressed by being there. Recognising that the move was deliberate turns an obstacle into evidence.
In practice
The moved word is the stressed word.
Where people slip
Inversion is a choice, not an accident.
Your place on the trail
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