Hyperbaton

Hyperbaton in the strict sense

In a narrower sense hyperbaton refers to a set of conversion, in which two syntactically related words are artificially separated by a slot. The insertion is done either by adding superfluous words (often in pleonastic formulations) or by only making changes in the sentence. The hyperbaton draws attention primarily to the first of the two separate terms.

Examples:

• " In you, O Lord, you can read the character usually from the name "

• " Gentleness is in the moonlight and the sweet peace. "

• " The words are changed enough."

Closely related to this form of hyper Batons is the Tmesis, in which the insertion takes place ( by breaking a Composite " Yea, though I walk through the darkest valley " instead of " And though I walk through the darkest valley " - Psalm 23.4, after translation by Martin Luther ).

Hyperbaton in the broader sense

In a broader sense, however hyperbaton denotes various forms of rate conversion, which is a deviation from the normal syntax by rearranging or insertion of poetic or emphatic reasons. In this sense hyperbaton is also used as a term of rhetorical figures as Anastrophe, parenthesis, hysteron Proteron, inversion or Anakoluth.

Example with two forms of hyper Batons

A classic example of the use of the hyperbaton is the opening sentence of Caesar's De Bello Gallico: " Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres. " ( Translation: " Gaul is divided the whole into three parts. " ) This set contains two Hyperbata: one in narrower ( insertion of the logical actually superfluous " omnis " ) and one in the wider sense ( change from "tres partes " in " partes tres ").