Asyndeton

The asyndeton is a literary figure that consists of omitting the conjunctions or links that would normally appear within an enumeration, using instead a mere pause (comma intonation). This absence of links gives the text greater verbal fluidity, while conveying a sense of movement and dynamism or passion, and contributes to intensify the expressive force and tone of the message. Its opposite figure is the polysyndeton, which consists of using more conjunctions than those usually used in the language.

In the field of grammar, the asyndeton is used in the juxtaposition of sentences, suppressing the link that unites them. In addition to the fact that you cannot add characteristics or traits of the person who is being talked about in the poem or to whom it is addressed.

Examples

Here are some examples of asyndetons.

I came, I saw, I came (in Latin, Veni, vidi, vici).

Julius Caesar (I century BC)

She sings, dances, enjoys.

Go, go, fly,
crosses the high saw, occupies the plain,
Don't forgive the plum,
don't give peace by hand,

menea fulminating insane iron

Fray Luis de León

Be happy, don't wait for others, wait a lot for you

Anonymous

In all of them we can see the asyndeton. As can be seen, in none of the examples do links appear.