Examples Help! What is the definition of Oxymoron?
How do you define Oxymoron? What is a Oxymoron? The word derives from the Greek term derived from oxy ("sharp") and moros ("dull"). Plural: oxymorons. The definition of Oxymoron is as follows:
English Grammar & Terminology Definition of Oxymoron - a poetic device
Definition: Conjoining contradictory terms. A combination of contradictory terms, also might considered a paradox
Example: deafening silence, a wise fool, bitter sweet and cruel kindness
Definition of Oxymoron - a poetic device
Examples of Oxymoron in Poems & Poetry Poems with Oxymoron examples can be found by the most famous poets including Milton, Donne and Tennyson
John Milton's description of God in Paradise Lost as 'Dark with excessive bright
"And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true" from Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
"O miserable abundance, O beggarly riches!" by the poet John Donne from "Devotions on Emergent Occasions"
"I do here make humbly bold to present them with a short account of themselves... " by the poet and author Jonathan Swift
"She's All My Fancy Painted Him" by the poet and author Lewis Carroll
List of Oxymoron Poems
Examples Help! Use of Oxymoron in Poems & Poetry Examples of Oxymoron can be found in many examples of the poem, poems or poetry. Famous poets use this figure of speech to convey and emphasize unusual and vivid images. The use of strong word association changes the mode of thought and adds variation, embellishment and adornment to literary works.
Examples Help - Figures of Speech - Oxymoron
In Figurative Language we use words in such a way that they differ somewhat from ordinary every-day speech and convey meanings in a more vivid and impressive manner. Figures, like Oxymoron make speech more effective, they beautify and emphasize it in Rhetoric which is the art of speaking and writing effectively. Figures of speech such as Oxymoron use word association to convey emotion and mood often in a non-literal sense.
Examples Help! Using Oxymoron
Figures of speech such as Oxymoron adds adornment, beautifies, colors, elegant variation, embellishment, embroidery, emphasis, exaggeration, exclamation, flourish, floweriness, irony, lushness and luxuriance to the English language. This page providing facts and info about Figures of Speech will help with the understanding of this subject.
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Word association to convey emotion and mood.
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Word association to convey emotion and mood.
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