Analysis of Oxymoron



Oxymoron used frequently
Two words juxtaposing
Containing the opposite meaning
Etymology derived from Greek
Oxus and Moros
Sharp and stupid
Also an oxymoron

Commonly usage is unintentional
Appears paradoxical
Which Is a logical contradiction
A puzzle
Something to think on
Oxymoron is a figure of speech doesn't linger but gone

Used on people
To describe their characteristic
Cannot be used to describe a person
As it does not make sense

Used in quotes
Purpose to reflect
On purpose
As in not to neglect

Used in Advanced Science
Innovations with names that in English does not make sense
Virtual Reality
Is it a fallacy or advanced technology
Thin line to draw
Explanation difficult notoriously

Used in quotes
By great men like
Mark Twain.
Genius like Wodehouse
Visionary like Henry Ford
Mockingly by Bing Crosby
To Add Drama by Yogi Berra
Flavour to speech like Churchill
Unintended by Movie Moghuls

Lacking in knowledge critics will say
Percieved Comically
Some make you laugh hysterically
Adds fun to life
Usage An entertainment
No harm done

Act Naturally
Small Crowd
Clearly confused
Amazingly Awful
Only Choice
Farewell Reception
Commonly used
Not to get confused
Depends how much exposed
You are
To understand the context
In which it Is told

Tried my best
Leave the rest
To accept or not accept
To the person
At whose behest
I wrote this on request

Does this make me
A Smart idiot
Or a Stupid genius
For I shall be the happiest man alive
Even if I could drop dead
To get the approval
Even if it is negative
For everything is absolutely relative


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Poetic Form
Metre 1101100 11010 010010010 01000111 1010 1010 101110 1001010100 010100 110100010 010 10111 110101011101011 1110 10110010 1011101010 111111 101 10101 110 101101 100110 0101110101111 10010 1101001010100 1111 01010001000 101 1111 11 1011 1001101 11110 111011010 111110 0101101 100101011 11000 1111100 1111 101010 111 11000 11 1001 010010 101 1010 1001 11101 011101 11 101010 01111 111 101 1011101 1010 1101 111101 1111 01100 101010 11110100101 1011111 110010 10111100 1101010100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,483
Words 265
Sentences 2
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 7, 6, 4, 4, 6, 9, 6, 12, 6, 8
Lines Amount 68
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 128
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Submitted by K.V.Srikanth on May 01, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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