In this quote about personal essays from author Barry Lopez, which words are an oxymoron?

It is, I think, the rarest of leisure, hard work mixed with hard pleasure, to refine one's time of deep thought or light regard into the utterly self-absorbed and equally and abundantly outward-seeking shape of the personal essay—a story comprised of found fact, of analyzed emotion, of fictive memory.

A.
hard work
B.
hard pleasure
C.
deep thought
D.
outward-seeking

Question

In this quote about personal essays from author Barry Lopez, which words are an oxymoron?

It is, I think, the rarest of leisure, hard work mixed with hard pleasure, to refine one's time of deep thought or light regard into the utterly self-absorbed and equally and abundantly outward-seeking shape of the personal essay—a story comprised of found fact, of analyzed emotion, of fictive memory.

A. 
hard work
B. 
hard pleasure
C. 
deep thought
D. 
outward-seeking

AP · Answer

D.) Is incorrect
***An oxymoron is a phrase in which two terms or elements of that phrase contradict one another @nyababie

AP · Answer

Yeah, no. Also, incorrect.

Kayden · Answer

what is it than

marquartdreams · Answer

Little late, I'm sure you already got it answered but I'd say it's hard pleasure