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Q5_Analyze Oxymoron in W.B.Yeats Sailing to Byzantium

Q5_Analyze Oxymoron in W.B.Yeats Sailing to Byzantium

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An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunctions. In the quote, “Consume my heart away; sick with desire”, for example, illness presents desire and desire puts forward passion.

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