In poetry, the last expression of the second hemistich is the fixed endpoint. The earlier related expression can move among four positions.
The range of patterns comes from four earlier positions multiplied by four forms of verbal relation—not from moving the closing word itself.
First mark the end of the second hemistich; then identify where its verbal partner stands and what relationship unites them.
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Radd al-ʿAjz ʿalā al-Ṣadr: Repetition, Paronomasia and Derivation in Prose and Poetry
In poetry, the last expression of the second hemistich is the fixed endpoint. The earlier related expression can move among four positions.
The range of patterns comes from four earlier positions multiplied by four forms of verbal relation—not from moving the closing word itself.
First mark the end of the second hemistich; then identify where its verbal partner stands and what relationship unites them.