Anastrophe

Anastrophe occurs whenever normal syntactical arrangment is violated for emphasis: The verb before the subject-noun (normal syntax follows the order subject-noun, verb): Glistens the dew upon the morning grass. (Normally: The dew glistens upon the morning grass) Adjective following the noun it modifies (normal syntax is adjective, noun): She looked at the sky dark and menacing. (Normally: She looked at the dark and menacing sky) The object preceding its verb (normal syntax is verb followed by its object): Troubles, everybody's got. (Normally: Everybody's got troubles) Preposition following the object of the preposition (normal syntax is preposition, object ["upon our lives"]): It only stands / Our lives upon, to use Our strongest hands