Anastrophe
Definition
A literary device in which the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter.
A literary device in which the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter.
Example from The Two Towers
“Like a deer he sprang away. Through the trees he sped. On and on he led them, tireless and swift, now that his mind was at last made up” (410).
“Like a deer he sprang away. Through the trees he sped. On and on he led them, tireless and swift, now that his mind was at last made up” (410).
Function
In this example anastrophe is used to bring attention to how fast they were when searching for the others. Tolkien switches the order of the verb and subject to emphasize the verbs in the sentence.
Another Example
Middle Eastern Anastrophe
by Ramsey Collins
Middle Eastern Anastrophe
by Ramsey Collins
Love you they don’t.
Kill you they will.
Hear us they won’t.
Old holes be filled.
Freedom you want.
Fetters they like.
On be the hunt.
Long be the hike. 
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