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Syntactical Stylistic Devices Based on Peculiar Linkage Asyndeton is a deliberate avoidance of conjunctions in constructions in which they would normally be used. e.g. He couldn 't go abroad alone, the sea upset his liver, he hated hotels. Polysyndeton - is an identical repetition of conjunctions: used to emphasize the simultaneousness of described actions, to disclose the authors subjective attitude towards the characters, and to create a rhythmical effect. e. g. The heaviest rain, and snow, and hail, and sleet, could boast advantage over him in only one respect. Gap - sentence - link it is the presentation of two utterances, the second of which is brought into the focus of the reader 's attention. e. g. She and that fellow ought to be …show more content…

Syntactical Stylistic Devices Based on Peculiar Use of Colloquial Constructions Ellipsis - is the omition of a word necessary for complete syntactical construction of a sentence, but not necessary for understanding. The stylistic function of ellipsis used in author 's narration is to change its tempo or to connect its structure. e. g. You feel all right? Anything wrong or …show more content…

He was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland, in the Lake District. The majestic physical landscape deeply affected Wordsworth 's imagination and infused in him an abiding love for nature. His great contribution to English Romanticism is the Lyrical Ballads published in 1798 and the preface of its second edition, which is widely regarded as the manifesto of English Romanticism, released in 1800. While other poets contraprenous of his era wrote about ancient heroes in a grandiloquent style, Wordsworth focused on nature, children, the poor, common folk whilst using ordinary words and expressions to express his personal feelings. This diversion from the norm is of revolutionary significance as it introduced a fresh, earthy and evocative style to verse that valorized the aesthete which eventually played a leading role in shaping Romanticism

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