WAEC - Literature In English (2012 - No. 13)
Read the following lines and answer the question
But since, alas! frail beauty must decay,
curled or uncurled, since looks will turn to gray;
since painted or unpainted, all shall fade.
A literary device used in the first line is
But since, alas! frail beauty must decay,
curled or uncurled, since looks will turn to gray;
since painted or unpainted, all shall fade.
A literary device used in the first line is
paradox
litotes
hyperbole
metaphor
Explanation
A paradox is a statement that seems contradictory or self-refuting but may contain a truth. In the first line, "But since, alas! frail beauty must decay", the idea that beauty must decay is paradoxical because beauty is often associated with youth, permanence and allure, yet here it is presented as something that inevitably fades.
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