Paradox

逆说

Paradox is a statement which seems on its face to be logically contradictory or absurd, yet turns out to be interpretable in a way that makes good sense. It was a persistent and central device in seventeenth-century metaphysical poetry, both in its religious and secular forms.

逆说是一种表面上看来逻辑矛盾、荒诞不经，但最后却能被合情合理解读的陈述，是17世纪玄学派诗歌在宗教和非宗教形式上一贯的主要表现手法。