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In the book that I'm reading and a few other occasions, I saw the も…ば…も
sentence structure.

For example:

> 俺には特殊な力もなければ秘められた才能もない。

I searched ば on jisho.org and it says that も…ば…も means "and". This is not very
helpful because there are other constructs that also means "and". This, for
example:

> 俺には特殊な力がなく秘められた才能もない。

Does the も…ば…も structure sound more literary/archaic/cool?
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What nuances do the も…ば…も structure carry?
You cannot find an explanation for a pattern like this on a dictionary. It's
out of the scope of dictionaries. Instead, try articles like this (I just
googled "も ば も"):

  * [Learn JLPT N2 Grammar: も～ば～も (mo~ba~mo)](http://japanesetest4you.com/flashcard/learn-jlpt-n2-grammar-%E3%82%82%EF%BD%9E%E3%81%B0%EF%BD%9E%E3%82%82-mobamo/)
  * [JGram - も～ば～も [も～ば～も] (mo-ba-mo)](http://www.jgram.org/pages/viewOne.php?tagE=mo-ba-mo)

This pattern is not particularly literary, archaic, difficult nor poetic.
Still, it's relatively uncommon in the most casual real conversations. You
will find this pattern mainly in written sentences and fictional
conversations.
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