Inversion, such as "Came the dawn"

• The reversal of the normal order of words

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Anastrophe \A*nas"tro*phe\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to turn up or back; ? + ? to turn.] (Rhet. & Gram.) An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"inversion of usual word order," 1570s, from Greek anastrophe "a turning back, a turning upside down," from anastrephein "to turn up or back, to turn upside down," from ana "back" (see ana- ) + strephein "to turn" (see strophe ).

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context rhetoric English) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the reversal of the normal order of words [syn: inversion ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Anastrophe (from the , anastrophē , "a turning back or about") is a figure of speech in which the syntactically correct order of subject, verb and object is changed. For example, the usual English order of subject , object and verb might be changed to object-subject-verb, ...