“We lead not by the example of our power, but by the power of our example.” That was Joe Biden (quoting Bill Clinton) at the Democratic National Convention, using perhaps a politician’s favorite ...

Let's talk about schemes. Not schemes of the nefarious sort, but schemes of word order. There are various types, including schemes of repetition ("I have a dream that one day … I have a dream that one ...

The inversion of change and career, forming a crisscross structure, gives the line a powerful one-two-punch feel. During his speech last week, Bill Clinton recycled an antimetabole he’d first used in ...