Oxymoron Poems
“Romeo and Juliet”, Act I, Scene I
“Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate!
O anything, of nothing first create!
O heavy lightness! Serious vanity!
Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms!
Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!
Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!
This love feel I, that feel no love in this.
Dost thou not laugh?”
-William Shakespeare
Analysis
In this section of William Shakespeare's, “Romeo and Juliet” , there is an overwhelming amount of oxymoron examples such as, "O loving hate!"
or, "sick health!". The theme of this poem is laughter since the last line says, "Dost thou not laugh?”. The massage of this poem is that we can all be funny in creative ways such as saying oxymorons in every sentence you speech. A poetic device Shakespeare used in this section of his play is sensory imagery such as, "bright smoke, cold fire". The poem is an oxymoron poem.
“Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate!
O anything, of nothing first create!
O heavy lightness! Serious vanity!
Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms!
Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!
Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!
This love feel I, that feel no love in this.
Dost thou not laugh?”
-William Shakespeare
Analysis
In this section of William Shakespeare's, “Romeo and Juliet” , there is an overwhelming amount of oxymoron examples such as, "O loving hate!"
or, "sick health!". The theme of this poem is laughter since the last line says, "Dost thou not laugh?”. The massage of this poem is that we can all be funny in creative ways such as saying oxymorons in every sentence you speech. A poetic device Shakespeare used in this section of his play is sensory imagery such as, "bright smoke, cold fire". The poem is an oxymoron poem.
Bitter Sweet Boy
Being alone together with an awfully good looking man
with a cool passion for bitter sweet chocolate
was sadly crash landing into an awkward defining silence.
-Sophia Ratevosian
Analysis
In the poem "Bitter sweet Boy", the form is an oxymoron poem therefore it includes figurative language such as an oxymoron for example,
"defining silence". Some poetic devices used in this poem are sensory imagery when we here the words "defining silence". The theme of this poem is
surprise since the speaker in the poem was confused that she did not get what she was expecting. The message of this poem is that we must not judge a book my its cover.
Being alone together with an awfully good looking man
with a cool passion for bitter sweet chocolate
was sadly crash landing into an awkward defining silence.
-Sophia Ratevosian
Analysis
In the poem "Bitter sweet Boy", the form is an oxymoron poem therefore it includes figurative language such as an oxymoron for example,
"defining silence". Some poetic devices used in this poem are sensory imagery when we here the words "defining silence". The theme of this poem is
surprise since the speaker in the poem was confused that she did not get what she was expecting. The message of this poem is that we must not judge a book my its cover.