rlogan

I am going to suggest that chiasms have a feature about them that is similar to rhyming in poetry and chord structure in songs (eg 1-4-5 harmonies). There is almost a hypnotic quality about them that motivate and satisfy some basic instinct we are wired with.

People really want to hear the 5th after you've played the 1st and 4th. if you don't, then they think the song sucks. Playing the 5th "resolves" something for us.

It annoys me that preachers utilize these stupid rhetorical devices, eg "The Bible says it's Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve".

That expression I saw John Hagge deliver to the great delight of a crowd. It is completely devoid of any merit as far as I'm concerned. But it has a rhyme, and a trite little ABAB structure. So it carries some kind of authoritative quality through form and not substance.