Look up: polysyndeton

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   Polysyndeton
   the repetition of conjunctions in a series of coordinate words, phrases, or clauses.
   *I said, 'Who killed him?' and he said, 'I don't know who killed him but he's dead all right,' and it was dark and there was water standing in the street and no lights and windows broke and boats all up in the town and trees blown down and everything all blown and I got a skiff and went out and found my boat where I had her inside Mango Bay and she was all right only she was full of water. Hemingway, After the Storm
   *omnia Mercurio similis, vocemque coloremque et crinis flavos et membra decora iuventae Vergil, Aeneid 4.558-9
   *Horae quidem cedunt et dies et menses et anni, nec praeteritum tempus umquam revertitur, nec quid sequatur sciri potest. Cicero, De senectute
   Found on http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.
   
   
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   Polysyndeton
   The repetition of conjunctions (in close proximity)  e.g. 'and' in The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll by Bob Dylan.
   Found on http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of
   
   
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   polysyndeton
   [n] - using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy`)
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Polysyndeton
   Pol`y·syn'de·ton noun [ New Latin , from Greek poly`s many + ... bound together, from ... to bind together; ... with + ... to bind.] (Rhet.) A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, 'We have ships and men and money and stores.' Opposed to asyndeton .
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/124
   
   
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   polysyndeton
   noun using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy`)
   Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?
   
   
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   Polysyndeton
   `Polysyndeton` is the use of several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy`). It is a stylistic scheme used to slow the rhythm of prose and can add an air of solemnity to a passage. In grammar, a `polysyndetic coordination` is a coordination in which all conjuncts are linked by coordinating conjunctions (usually `and`, `but`, or `or` in English). Polysyndeton is use...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysyndeto
   
   
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   Polysyndeton
   • (n.) A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, `We have ships and men and money and stores.` Opposed to asyndeton.
   Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
   
   
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   polysyndeton
   a figure of speech where successive clauses or phrases are linked by one or more conjunctions.
   Found on http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_r
   
   
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   polysyndeton
   The use of a considerable number of conjunctions very closely together (opposite: asyndeton)
   Found on http://www.menrath-online.de/glossaryeng