25 Examples of Asyndeton

Asyndeton

The asyndeton is a literary figure that implies the omission of conjunctions or links between the elements of a prayer. For example:

Pass out, dare, be furious
rough, tender, liberal, elusive,
encouraged, deadly, deceased, alive,
loyal, traitorous, cowardly and courageous.

(Lope de Vega)

This stylistic device seeks to speed up the rhythm of the sentences by means of voluntary omission and generates a dramatic effect that gives greater expressive force and fluidity to what is said.

Deleted links and conjunctions are replaced by a eat to cause a pause between words.

Asyndeton is opposed to polysyndeton, that literary figure that appeals to the use of unnecessary links and conjunctions for aesthetic purposes.

Examples of sentences with asyndeton

1. We had everything, little, nothing.
2. I saw her, I smiled, I was silent, I fled.
3. The hours, the days, the months, the years go by.
4. I arrived, arrived; I looked, looked; I smiled, smiled.
5. Boys run, play, fight.
6. Sing, laugh, dream, come with me, calm my sorrow. (Pedro Del Castillo)
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7. The sky, starry, illuminated, but desolate.
8. Beautiful, naive, cheerful, but distant.
9. I get closer, you move away; I look at you, you ignore me.
10. The government of the people, by the people, for the people. (Abraham Lincoln)
11. I love you from here to the sun, to infinity, always.
12. Loving, loving until you die.
13. On land, in smoke, in dust, in shadow, in nothing. (Luis de Góngora)
14. I breathe, I live, I walk, I die slow.
15. Our leader, brave, strong, but also smart.
16. You go, I come; you forget, I remember.
17. His faces lit up, sweaty, hopeful.
18. His presence is peace, silence, tranquility; the absence of him, the emptiness.
19. I laugh, he laughs; I love, he swims.
20. Come, vidi, vici. I came, I saw, I conquered. (Julius Caesar)
21. I loved, I cried, I forgot.
22. Children cry, laugh, sleep, dream.
23. Run, run, forget.
24. His absence hurts, it reveals.
25. Work, move, shake to eat! Hit that bomb, sweat, strive to catch the air you have to breathe! […] How chaste, how mysterious, how full of sweet modesty is the laziness of man always! (Gustavo Adolfo Becquer)