For could the sun do that, then could I do the other.
1. for 可以用作并列连词,表示“原因”。使用时,引导第二分句;或者放在句子开头,引导一个新的段落,为上段所述提供原因。本句便是此用法。
2. 暂时不管 for。那么,Could the sun do that, then could I do the other. 就是一个倒装句。
这个倒装句比较特殊:从句和主句都分别倒装。
(1)从句倒装: Could the sun do that, 虚拟条件从句省略 if 后,可以倒装。本句等于:
If the sun could do that,
(2)主句倒装:then could I do the other. 有些表示频率、时间作状语的副词可以位于句首产生倒装,例如 then, now, often, always, now and then 等开头的句子。
Often did I speak of him before. 我以前常说到他。
Always does she ask me for money. 她总是问我要钱。
Now and then does Madame White go to the films. 怀特太太常去看电影。
then 后用部分倒装,主要见于动词为及物动词(其后带有宾语)的情形或是不及动词但带有修饰语。
Then did I throw myself into a chair, exhausted. 这时我累得一下就坐在椅子上了。
Then did she come here to make it up with him - to make peace with him, anyway? 那她来这里是为了和他和好吗?不管怎样,是为了和他和好?
从修辞效果看,主从句都采用倒装,属于“排比、对仗”手法,具有一定的感染力。如果不用倒装句,则是:
For if the sun could do that, then I could do the other.
显得平铺直叙,缺乏生动性。
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