05-08-2014, 10:18 AM
(05-08-2014, 10:11 AM)Caleb Murdock Wrote: I think it all comes down to how self-conscious an inversion is. Some are subtle and some aren't. Some bring with them an implication of a new meaning, and some don't. We shouldn't dislike the technique in its entirety just because it isn't always done well.I would love to see a single example to back up this claim. i could provide 100 that show the opposite on this forum alone but if you could just provide a single example of inversion used effectively in the last 100 years i would love to read it.