[Milton-L] Help with terminology sought

[Angelica Duran]

Dear scholars,

I am at a loss for the correct terminology for poetic/rhetorical device in
the following verse phrase

"And leave, because even your foul silence/ corrupts, and your impure
breath" (not Milton)

where the subject "and impure breath" is placed after the verb rather than
next to the other subject "foul silence."

I believe it cannot be the device polysyndeton, an example of which from
_PL_ is

"[He] pursues his way, / And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or
flies."

In this example, the verbs not nouns are placed out of SVO order.

All aid appreciated.

Adios,

Angelica Duran
Associate Professor
English and Comparative Literature
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