The adverbial modifier is placed at the beginning of the sentence: "My dearest daughter, at your feet I fall."ĥ. The predicative stands before the link verb and both are placed before the subject: "Rude am I in my speech."Ĥ. The predicative is placed before the subject: "A good generuos prayer it was"
This model is often used when there is more than one attribute: "With fingers weary and worn."ģ.
The attribute is placed after the word it modifies. The object is placed at the beginning of the sentence: "Talent Mr. The following patterns of stylistic inversion are most frequently met in both English prose and poetry:ġ. Stylistic inversion in Modern English is the practical realization of what is potential in the language itself. Therefore a specific intonation pattern is the inevitable satellite of inversion Stylistic inversion aims at attaching logical stress or additional emotional coloring to the surface meaning of the utterance.