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The asyndeton in this distich is odd, given the preceding series of connectives.

But the asyndeton resulting from the suppression of these words was felt to be intolerable.

The use of tmesis, asyndeton, anacoluthon, aposiopesis, hyperbaton, hyperbole, litotes, in Latin oratory and poetry.

Therefore the figure asyndeton, whereby conjunctions are omitted, is highly commended by writers of rhetoric.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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