Intheexample“Iamadrapermadwithlove.Iloveyoumorethanalltheflanneletteandcalico,candlewick,dimity,crashandmerino,tussore,cretonne,crepon,muslin,tickingandtwillinthewholeClothHalloftheworld.[DylanThomas,UnderMilkWood]”,therhetoricalseriesofthenamesofclothareemployedtostresshistremendousamountofabstractloveforhislover.

In the example “I am a draper mad with love. I love you more than all the flannelette and calico, candlewick, dimity, crash and merino, tussore, cretonne, crepon, muslin, ticking and twill in the whole Cloth Hall of the world. [Dylan Thomas, Under Milk Wood]”, the rhetorical series of the names of cloth are employed to stress his tremendous amount of abstract love for his lover.