chiasmus
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(noun) a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form; e.g. ‘Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.’.
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Death, of course, is the ultimate containment; other, less final containments are conversely strategies toward genocide. Perfect chiasmus.
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