Examine Rhetorical Devices Douglass was a great orator, and his style was influenced by his mastery of rhetorical devices. One of his signature techniques was his use of inverted parallelism, a reversal of ideas expressed in parallel phrases or clauses: "The longest days were too short for him, and the shortest nights too long for him." Identify the inverted parallelism in lines 99-100. In what ways does this reversal of ideas summarize Douglass's emotional experiences in this selection?
