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:
- That hoard ‘and’ sleep ‘and’ feed ‘and’ know not me- Tennyson.
- If there be cords or knives or poison or fire or suffocating streams, I’ll not endure it. –Shakespeare.
- First the air is blue and then it is bluer and then green and then black.
- 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:
- Advertisement Writing
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- Note Making
- Paragraph Writing
- Notice Writing
- Passage Comprehension
- The Art of Poster Writing
- The Art of Letter Writing
- Report Writing
- Story Writing
- Substance Writing
- School Essays Part-I
- School Essays Part-II
- School English Grammar Part-I
- School English Grammar Part-II