Synchysis

The interlocked order; a favorite with Latin poets.

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An example of this would be "ratio rationem timor timorem", as appears in Pliny's letter describing his uncle's reaction to the rain of pumice after the eruption of Vesuvius.

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Synchyses display change and difference. They are often employed to demonstrate such change within the event in which they are situated; on occasion, there are synchyses within a poem which were not intended but happened to be written in such a way.

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The reverse of a synchysis is a chiasmus.

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Pumice: Pumice is a light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock. It is formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into the air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles. As the lava solidifies, the bubbles are frozen into the rock. Any type of igneous rock — andesite, ...

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