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In rhetoric, chiasmus (/ k aɪ ˈ æ z m ə s / ky-AZ-məs) or, less commonly, chiasm (Latin term from Greek χίασμα chiásma, "crossing", from the Greek χιάζω, chiázō, "to shape like the letter Χ"), is a "reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses – but no repetition of words".
The verse contains 9 sentences which exhibit chiasmus, but perhaps more interesting is that it is found in the longest chapter of the Quran, Al-Baqara, which itself contains a fractal chiastic structure in its 286 verses, i.e. where each (outer) chiasm is composed of (inner) chiastic structures reflected in some sense in the analogue outer chiasm.
Chiasmus, the figure of speech in which two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point; that is, the clauses display inverted parallelism; Chiasmus (cipher), a German government block cipher
Facilitas – the improvising of effective oral or written language to suit any situation. Feminist rhetoric – rhetorical theory concerned with feminism and its critique of social structures. Figura etymologica – repetition of two etymologically related terms. Forensic rhetoric – speaking in a courtroom.
Chiasmus – Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses; Climax – Repetition of the scheme anadiplosis at least three times, with the elements arranged in an order of increasing importance; Epanalepsis – Repetition of the initial word or words of a clause or sentence at the end of the clause or sentence
The more usual way of phrasing this would be "Lust conquered shame, audacity conquered fear, and madness conquered reason." The sentence consists of three parallel clauses, called parallel because each has the same word order: verb, object, subject in the original Latin; subject, verb, object in the English translation.
In anatomy a chiasm is the spot where two structures cross, forming an X-shape (from Greek letter χ, Chi).Examples of chiasms are: A tendinous chiasm, the spot where two tendons cross.
Welch claims that it is unlikely, although not impossible, [22] that Smith knew about chiasmus at the time of the Book of Mormon's publication, [23] which implies that chiasmus could only be present in the text if indeed the text is a translation and not a fabrication. Critics argue that chiasmus is not necessarily evidence of Hebrew origin. [24]