Maybe it would help to explain the difference by saying that the interlocking pattern arises from propagating a pattern unit down the text, whereas chiasmus arises from propagating a reflected or inverted version of the unit:
ab + ab versus ab + ab(inverted) = ab + ba Tim ............................................................................ .............. "Do they really know each other, do they really give anything to each other? or is all they have to share this ... same conspiracy against reality they try to share with me?" William Gaddis, _The Recognitions_ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
