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[plush ginkgo]

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[twin hound]

Stylistic inversion.
It's optional and somewhat more formal.

[vapid crypt]

The same can be done in English.

Correct:

Where the world rejects us.

Poetic:

Where rejects us the world.

[winter blaze]

That doesn't sound right to me, though I know we have stylistic inversion too at times

I think the "us" makes it weird

[vapid crypt]

Ah that's a shame 😅 I tried. But maybe it helps get the point across ☺️

[normal wagon]

Which "version" would be the "stylistic/poetic" choice, in OP original question?

The quote i assume

[vestal warren]

Specifically this is stylistic inversion after a relative pronoun

Le restaurant où mangent les ouvriers
Le suspect qu'ont arrêté les policiers

etc.

iirc this is common in romance languages

[normal wagon]

Ah ok

[vestal warren]

(but doesn't happen in English in the same way)

[normal wagon]

Is it like "by the river, sing do the bees"?

[vestal warren]

uhhh that doesn't work for me in English

and it wouldn't work in French either

here's a bunch of examples of stylistic inversion:

[winter blaze]

"by the river sing the bees" could work

[normal wagon]

Or "and then returns the prince after decades"

[crimson moon]

love this! thanks everyone

[normal wagon]

Just found an example from a poe.

In thhe evening appeared one cloud

[normal wagon]

Is this exhaustive?