Asyndeton

Asyndeton is a stylistic figure consisting in the deliberate omission of conjunctions between homogeneous members of a sentence or parts of a complex sentence. The conjunctionless connection lends speech rapidity, dynamism and concentration, creating the impression of a swift change of pictures, tense movement or an enumeration that can scarcely contain the fullness of phenomena ("came, saw, conquered"). Asyndeton sharpens the rhythm of the phrase, reinforces its energy and expression, and is therefore widely used in descriptions of turbulent events, in battle scenes, in agitated lyric. The opposite figure is polysyndeton — the deliberate accumulation of conjunctions. Asyndeton belongs to the means of expressive syntax that govern the tempo and emotional tension of a literary text.