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Lastly, he observes the tendency to hyperbata or transpositions of words, and to rhythmical uniformity as well as grammatical irregularity in the structure of the sentences.

From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin

Aggravations are then in their proper places; interrogations, exclamations, hyperbata, or a disordered connection of discourse, are graceful there, because they are natural.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Scott, Walter, Sir