What is "hyperbaton"

Hyperbaton \Hy*per"ba*ton\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? transposed, fr. ? to step over; "ype`r over + ? to step.] (Gram.) A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, ``echoed the hills'' for ``the hills echoed.''

With a violent hyperbaton to transpose the text.
--Milton.

1570s, "figure of speech in which the natural order of words or phrases is inverted, especially for the sake of emphasis," from Greek hyperbaton, literally "overstepping," from hyper "over" + bainein "to step" (see come).

n. (context grammar English) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.

n. reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love')

Hyperbaton is a figure of speech that consists of an alteration of the syntactic order of the words in a sentence, or in which normally associated words are separated. The term may also be used more generally for all different figures of speech which transpose natural word order in sentences.