Question

In Keats' "Ode on Melancholy," the phrase "aching Pleasure" (line 23) is an example of which literary device?
a) Simile
b) Alliteration
c) Oxymoron

Answer 1

In Keats' "Ode on Melancholy," the phrase "aching Pleasure" (line 23) is an example of which literary device?
a) Simile
b) Alliteration
c) Oxymoron
d) allusion

Answer 2

Well I'll take some choices out for you;
The poem's (line 23) says "Bidding adieu; and aching Pleasure nigh," aching pleasure cannot be Alliteration. though the line contains 3 a's, that does not count for alliteration. Alliteration is "Sally sees the seashore" etc.

It also couldn't be A either. A simile contains 'like' or 'as' and also animates inanimate objects. "Aching pleasure" is not a physical object, it is an emotion.

So this leaves you with Oxymoron and an Allusion. Which of those two do you think is the best recommended answer?

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

I'm glad I helped c: