Polysyndeton | Polysyndeton-Figure of Speech

Polysyndeton | Polysyndeton-Figure of Speech

Polysyndeton | Polysyndeton-Figure of Speech

Polysyndeton | Polysyndeton-Figure of Speech

‘Polysyndeton’ is a Greek word meaning ‘excessive’. This figure of speech consists in the redundant or excessive use of conjunctions as ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘or’ etc). It is the opposite of Asyndeton. Examples:

1. That hoard ‘and’ sleep ‘and’ feed ‘and’ know not me- Tennyson.
2. If there be cords or knives or poison or fire or suffocating streams, I’ll not endure it. –Shakespeare.
3. First the air is blue and then it is bluer and then green and then black.
4. Here are my table and books and pens and pencils and notebooks. 0 0 0.

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N. B. The article ‘Polysyndeton | Polysyndeton-Figure of Speech’ originally belongs to the book ‘The Rhetoric‘ by Menonim Menonimus.

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Books of Composition by M. Menonimus:

1. Advertisement Writing
2. Amplification Writing
3. Note Making
4. Paragraph Writing
5. Notice Writing
6. Passage Comprehension
7. The Art of Poster Writing
8. The Art of Letter Writing
9. Report Writing
10. Story Writing
11. Substance Writing
12. School Essays Part-I
13. School Essays Part-II
14. School English Grammar Part-I
15. School English Grammar Part-II