This is the place to post your chiasmus based on Ralph Waldo Emerson's chiasmi.
In rhetoric, chiasmus (from the Greek: χιάζω, chiázō, "to shape like the letter Χ") is 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 was particularly popular both in Greek and in Latin literature, where it was used to articulate balance or order within a text. As a popular example, the Greek and Hebrew texts of the Bible also contain many long and complex chiasmi.
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- Lai Sai Acon Chan
- San Jose, Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, Costa Rica
- Phd in English Literature, Washington State University. Full Professor at Universidad de Costa Rica. Currently teaching Introduction to Drama, Intercultural Communication, Rhetoric IV.
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10 comments:
You can find happiness in material things, but material things cannot help you to find happiness.
You run away from your problems, but your problems run with you
Jessica Fonseca M.
Guillermo García G.
Words lead to knowledge, and knowledge is reached throughout words.
A wise man doesn't say all he thinks, but he thinks all he says.
Some people love someone so much that they get to know him/her; some others know someone so much that they get to love him/her.
Silvia Pérez Guzmán
Felipe Chavarría
Human body is not divinity,and divinity is in the human body.
The body does not own divinity,and divinity owns the body.
Mery Ann Arias
Gustavo Vargas
A person in love can not have control, and a person in control cannot have love.
Muriel Vargas
Priscilla Peralta
People worry about finding peace
but not worrying may lead to peace.
Isabel Murillo
Natalia Bermudez
People don’t always represent their ideas,
but ideas always represent people.
- Diana Masis
- Lizbeth Abarca
Sometimes a nonconformist conforms with a lot.
Jonathan Morales
Pablo Torres
Diego Perez
A motorcycle is to be ridden; however, if the rider is not able enough, the motorcycle will take over the ride.
(Author: Me..just thought of it! lol)
You are most welcome to learn how to avoid such chaotic chiasmus at:
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Hi, Lai Sai!
I enjoyed your Poetry courses, no matter how hard they were.
Rodrigo (Jorge Pizarro's friend)
"It is good to be important, but it is more important to be good."
Anny Vargas
Ana Marin
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