Melville's Mardi consists of two parts which include a series of dichotomies between verisimilitude and fictionalization, between monologue and dialogue, and between metonymy and metaphor.

麦尔维尔的小说《玛迪》的前后两部分构成了摹实与虚构、独白与对话、转喻与隐喻等多重二元对立。