Markovits shows no sign of emulating Polidori's conventionally Romantic-era stylistic tics, such as hyperbaton, the rolling compound sentences, the lengthy parentheses, or the presence of both dramatic and grammatical punctuation. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Professor:] Reference
= The hyperbaton adds elevation and dignity to the prayer. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Poems of Ovid] Reference
= Note the separation of the epithets from the nouns, and the high level of diction produced by the hyperbaton. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Poems of Ovid] Reference
In this and the following verfe is a moft remarkable hyperbaton, for which fee Houb. From Wordnik.com. [Notes critical and explanatory on the Books of Psalms and Proverbs, intended to correct the grammatical errors of the text from the collations of the mss. by D. Kennicott on the Psalms and by him and De Rossi on the Proverbs; and to restore and elucidate some corrupt and obscure passages, by comparing the mss. with the antient versions, the parallel places of scripture, the proposed emendations of many able critics, and submitting some further conjectural readings to the judgment of the learned] Reference
Admittedly, hyperbaton, or the ` separation of words which belong together, 'is more for an inflected language like Latin or Greek. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 1] Reference
Here comes a violent but effective hyperbaton or suspension, in which the action of the mind mimics that of the labourer -- surveys his lot, low but free from care; then by a sudden strong act throws it over the shoulder or tosses it away as. From Wordnik.com. [Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published] Reference
Here comes a violent but effective hyperbaton or suspension, in which the action of the mind mimics that of the labourer—surveys his lot, low but free from care; then by a sudden strong act throws it over the shoulder or tosses it away as a light matter. From Wordnik.com. [Notes] Reference
Note the hyperbaton in all these passages. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Poems of Ovid] Reference
Enough hyperbaton for now. From Wordnik.com. [GameSetWatch] Reference
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