A figure of speech that departs from normal word order, by placing the adjective after the noun, e.g. three bags full. Other examples can be found in topicalization, e.g. To my mother, I leave my house in the writing of a will, and exbraciation....

// n. The use of an abnormal word order for rhetorical effect: She walked in pastures green; I’ve travelled the world...

Anastrophe is a figure of speech involving an inversion of the natural order of words; for example, saying "echoed the hills" to mean "the hills echoed." In English, with its settled word order, departure from the expected word order emphasizes the...