Editing Chiastic structure (section)

===''Paradise Lost''===
The overall chiastic structure of  [[John Milton]]'s ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' is also of the ABC...CBA type:

A: Satan's sinful actions (Books 1–3)<br>
:B: Entry into Paradise (Book 4)
::C: War in heaven (destruction) (Books 5–6)
::C': Creation of the world (Books 7–8)
:B': Loss of paradise (Book 9)
A': Humankind's sinful actions (Books 10–12)<ref>{{Cite book |first= Leland |last= Ryken |chapter= Paradise Lost by John Milton (1608–1674) |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=HsZuZPCPlhUC&pg=PA138 |editor1-last= Kapic |editor1-first= Kelly M. |editor2-last= Gleason |editor2-first= Randall C. |year= 2004 |title= The Devoted Life: An Invitation to the Puritan Classics |location= Downers Grove, Illinois |publisher= [[Inter-Varsity Press]] |pages= 138–151 |isbn= 978-0-8308-2794-7 |oclc= 55495010 |url= http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=2794 |access-date= 2007-06-23 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001749/http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=2794 |archive-date= 2007-09-27 |url-status= dead }}</ref>{{rp|141}}