APFIVE Vergilian Rhetorical Figures
The repetition of conjunctions (et and -que) in the following lines from Vergil’s Aeneid (1.90-91) is an example of which rhetorical device: “Intonuere poli, et crebris micat ignibus aether, praesentemque viris intentant omnia mortem”?
A
Hyperbaton that disrupts normal word order for poetic effect
B
Anaphora that emphasizes the beginning of successive clauses
C
Polysyndeton that creates a sense of overwhelming, relentless natural forces
D
Asyndeton that creates rapid, breathless description through omitted conjunctions
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