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Polysyndeton (from Ancient Greek πολύ poly "many" and συνδετόν syndeton "bound together with") [1] is the deliberate insertion of conjunctions into a sentence for the purpose of "slow[ing] up the rhythm of the prose" so as to produce "an impressively solemn note."
Polysyndeton: close repetition of conjunctions. Sibilance: repetition of letter 's', it is a form of consonance. Spoonerism: switching places of syllables within two words in a sentence yielding amusement. Syncope: omission of parts of a word or phrase.
Syndeton (from the Greek συνδετόν "bound together with") or syndetic coordination in grammar is a form of syntactic coordination of the elements of a sentence (conjuncts) with the help of a coordinating conjunction.
Polysyndeton – the repeated use of conjunctions within a sentence, particularly where they do not necessarily have to be used. Postmodernism – a field of inquiry ...
Asyndeton may be contrasted with syndeton (syndetic coordination) and polysyndeton, which describe the use of one or multiple coordinating conjunctions, respectively. More generally, in grammar , an asyndetic coordination is a type of coordination in which no coordinating conjunction is present between the conjuncts.
One of the outstanding features of the Peri Pascha is its extensive use of classical rhetorical devices such as homoioteleuton, polysyndeton, isocola, alliteration, chiastic antithesis and the deployment of rhetorical questions.
Detail of the inscription over the rear entrance to Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.The inscription reads: "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori".
Catullus (c. 84 BC – c. 54 BC) lived in the waning days of the Roman Republic, just before the Imperial era that began with Augustus.Catullus is the chief representative of a school of poets known as the poetae novi or neoteroi, both terms meaning "the new poets".