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This is called a Chiastic structure (from the greek letter chi which looks like an X - i.e., the shape the chiastic structure makes if you indent each succeeding level).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiastic_structure

"These often symmetrical patterns are commonly found in ancient literature such as the epic poetry of the Iliad and the Odyssey."




I've been thinking about this and Shakespeare's King Lear may be an example of this as well.


Also in Milton's Paradise Lost, I believe.




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