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• The verb before the subject-noun (normal syntax follows the order subject-noun, verb):
    Glistens the dew upon the morning grass. (Normally: The dew glistens upon the morning grass)
• The object preceding its verb (normal syntax is verb followed by its object):
    Troubles, everybody's got. (Normally: Everybody's got troubles)
• Adjective following the noun it modifies (normal syntax is adjective, noun):
    She looked at the sky dark and menacing. (Normally: She looked at the dark and menacing sky)
• Preposition following the object of the preposition (normal syntax is preposition, object ["upon our lives"]):
    It only stands / Our lives upon, to use Our strongest hands
    - Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra 2.1.50-51
  

Departure from normal word order for the sake of emphasis. The changing of the position of only a single word.