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Literary Devices in Romeo and Juliet, Part 5 — Quiz

Question 8 • English 9 CR SUSD (EX)

Read the excerpt from Act II, scene vi of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence : These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness And in the taste confounds the appetite: Therefore love moderately; long love doth so; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. Which pair of words from the excerpt is an oxymoron?

Answer
A
too swift
B
violent ends
C
violent delights
D
sweetest honey
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