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Pick out examples of Inversion from the poem.
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Solution
- “Between Nose and Eyes, a strange contest arose, -”
Inversion – The words in the line have been rearranged for poetic effect. The correct order should be “A strange contest arose between Nose and Eyes”. - “Again would your lordship a moment suppose,”
Inversion – The words in the line have been rearranged for poetic effect. The correct order should be “Again, would your lordship suppose (for) a moment”. - “That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose,”
Inversion – The words in the line have been rearranged for poetic effect. The correct order should be “That the spectacles were plainly made for the Nose”
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