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Chiastic structure

Chiastic structure, or chiastic pattern, is a literary technique in narrative motifs and other textual passages. An example of chiastic structure would be two ideas, A and B, together with variants A' and B', being presented as A,B,B',A'. Chiastic structures that involve more components are sometimes called "ring structures" or "ring compositions". These…

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Etymology

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ABC…CBA pattern

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Chiastic structure

Nodes53
Edges52
Triples71
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
Components1

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Chiastic structure

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related to Book of Daniel · 12
Chiastic structure → ABC, Aramaic, Book, CBA, Daniel, He, Hebrew, However, In, Shea, The, William
related to Beowulf · 11
Chiastic structure → Beowulf, Danish, For, Grendel, He, In, John, Niles, Preliminaries, Then, Torah
related to Use in the Quran · 9
Chiastic structure → Al-Baqara, Ayat, Kursi, One, Quran, The, Throne, Verse, While
related to Mnemonic device · 7
Chiastic structure → Cedric Whitman, Homer's Odyssey, In Homer's Iliad, Odyssey, Oral, South Slavic, Steve Reece
related to Genesis flood narrative · 6
Chiastic structure → Andersen, Based, Genesis, Gordon Wenham, Wenham, Within
related to Paradise Lost · 6
Chiastic structure → ABC, Books, CBA, John Milton's Paradise Lost, Satan's, The
related to Etymology · 5
Chiastic structure → Chi, Chiasmus, Greek, If, The
related to Use in the Book of Mormon · 4
Chiastic structure → Book, Chiastic, Mormon, Mosiah
related to Use in the Christian New Testament · 4
Chiastic structure → Form, Jewish, New Testament, Nils Lund
related to Use in the Primary Chronicle · 4
Chiastic structure → Donald Ostrowski, Primary Chronicle, PVL, Volodimer's

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chiastic structure chiasmus ring isbn book pattern oclc hebrew structures narrative beowulf composition new also testament mormon john press two

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the epic poetry of the Iliadinstance ofThese may be regarded as chiasmus scaled up from words and clauses to larger segments of text.These often symmetrical patterns are commonly found in ancient literature0.80text
the Odysseyinstance ofThese may be regarded as chiasmus scaled up from words and clauses to larger segments of text.These often symmetrical patterns are commonly found in ancient literature0.80text
noted in the Torahinstance oflevel of chiasmus and the higher level of chiastic structure0.80text
Chiastic structurerelated to BeowulfIn0.60section
Chiastic structurerelated to BeowulfBeowulf0.60section
Chiastic structurerelated to BeowulfTorah0.60section
Chiastic structurerelated to BeowulfJohn0.60section
Chiastic structurerelated to BeowulfNiles0.60section
Chiastic structurerelated to BeowulfHe0.60section
Chiastic structurerelated to BeowulfDanish0.60section
Chiastic structurerelated to BeowulfThen0.60section
Chiastic structurerelated to BeowulfFor0.60section

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