Oxymoron

her years of fighting the end in child labor and women’s rights she writes a speech and uses many rhetorical devices deeply to persuade her audience, two of which are repetition and oxymorons. To remind the audience of the speech, the most important parts of the speech Kelly uses repetition, while Kelly uses oxymoron to show how she has the need to express her sarcasm through irony. In the Florence Kelly speech, which she wrote in July of 1905, Kelly explains who works in the factory, adults and

Holocaust. The rest of the paragraph sets up the feeling that the speaker is in the right, especially when he says, “the case we had against them was airtight.” However, the use of the oxymoron “airtight” also raises the question if the speaker is truly in the right. In the third stanza, the speaker uses another oxymoron which has the same effect as the

birthday, enjoy the pitiful privilege of working all night long” (lines 44-45). The author uses the oxymoron “pitiful privilege” to show that these children are being forced to start working when they turn 14, as if it is a celebration of this age. It is also showing a sarcastic tone since a privilege connotes a positive benefit rather than a ‘pitiful’ one which gives a negative mood. Kelley’s use of oxymoron in her speech gives a sarcastic tone and shows her disagreement to the readers and listeners with

Romeo and Juliet – Workbook Assignment – Nicholas Jankovic 9H Question 1: Compare the details of Brooke’s poem with Shakespeare’s version and indicate why the playwright made such alterations. a) The Capulet/Montague feud only turns violent after the marriage between Romeo and Juliet. The two warring families have been warring for years. b) Tybalt is not mentioned until the street brawl that occurs after the marriage Tybalt is involved in the quarrel on the streets and spies on Romeo at the Capulet

Acts one through three of Romeo and Juliet contain personification and an oxymoron, which contribute to an overall theme in Romeo and Juliet of how society dictates a person’s future. In act one of Romeo and Juliet, Paris asks Juliet’s father, Capulet, for permission to propose to Juliet. Capulet answers Paris when he proclaims

being the only thing that he has of her. The poet successfully expresses his opinion on how much pain love can create through his use of various poetic techniques. Similarly, William Blake’s poem, “The Sick Rose” uses personification, symbolism, oxymoron and rhyme to

“far too tired” seeming contradiction may reveal an unexpected truth. In another stanza, Adam Young sang “awake when I'm asleep”. This is an example of an oxymoron, because oxymoron is a combination of two words that appear to contradict each other, and by staying awake when asleep is a contradictory between the two terms. The use of oxymoron and paradox is shown throughout the lyric. The purpose is to show that he is awake when asleep at the same time, this will give a clearer idea of him having

This poem by Floyd Skloot has a setting that I believe is in their personal home.. It is a poem written to address the beauty of music and how it makes everything it is around glow. Firstly, Skloot describes in great detail what he believed the woman he is writing about is expressing as she dances around while listening to a Chopin Etude. He portrays the woman as a graceful being. Skloot uses personification when he explains the stillness of the night.. This can be seen, for instance, in line 13

such as euphony, oxymoron, and an allusion, contributes to the theme of the arrival of spring brings the awakening of beautiful life and joy, along with mystery. The advent of spring leads the world to be “puddle-wonderful” (line 10). Euphony in these calm and bright words contributes to the mood of newness and wonder brought by spring. By deploying words that are pleasing to the ear, Cummings encourages the reader to feel the life and joy brought by spring. Additionally, the oxymoron of a “world [that]

At the beginning of Act 3,Scene 2, Juliet is quietly anticipating nightfall so that she can see Romeo(her husband and a Montague), under the cover of darkness which stars a massive role in the play. Shakespeare uses dark imagery to create the mood and foreshadow upcoming events and so the two lovers can meet. She and Romeo met at night; they agreed to marry in the darkness and were were forced apart when the sun rose. However the sweet thoughts Juliet were soon transformed into thoughts of sorrow