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bonez:

Which two phrases in this excerpt from Alexander Pope's "An Essay on Criticism" are oxymorons? Such {shameless Bards} we have; and yet 'tis true, There are as mad, {abandon'd Criticks} too. The {Bookful Blockhead}, ignorantly read, With Loads of Learned Lumber in his Head, With his own Tongue {still edifies}his Ears, And always List'ning to Himself appears. All Books he reads, and all he reads assails, From {Dryden's Fables} down to Durfey's Tales. With him, most {Authors steal} their Works, or buy;

bonez:

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ZoeyBiocth16:

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ZoeyBiocth16:

The answer is The Bookful Blockhead, ignorantly read, /With Loads of Learned Lumber in his Head, An oxymoron is a phrase of opposites. The phrase Bookful Blockhead is the oxymoron. This is further explained when he is described as being ignorantly read and having "loads of learned lumber". Ignorant means to be unaware or uneducated while learned means to be educated. He is being described being both smart (Bookful) and stupid (Blockhead).

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