Anastrophe, it is
Sholeh Patrick
Pleased, she is, when your Mrs. Language Person notes the anastrophe so rare. Delights, she does, when our language so diminished may delight in its creativity, with attention however fleeting.
Anastrophe (pronounced an-as-trophy) is a literary technique in which conventional word order is inverted to embellish or emphasize. Derived from the Greek anastrephein (to turn back), its first known use was around 1550. Writers and poets use anastrophe for meter or rhythm, or to emphasize the reverse-ordered word or phrase.
Just ask Yoda. The little "Star Wars" Jedi Master knew not how to speak any way other.
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