A loose sentence (also called a cumulative sentence) is a type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases.
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“What is left after this?
what can death loose in me
after your embrace?
your touch,
your limbs are more terrible
to do me hurt.”
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“Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.”
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