Identify the figure of speech used in the following line - "Faith unfaithful kept him falsely true."…
Tennyson's line 'And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true' (from 'Lancelot and Elaine' in 'Idylls of the King') pairs contradictory terms ('faith unfaithful', 'falsely…
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Identify the figure of speech used in the following line -
"Faith unfaithful kept him falsely true."
(Tennyson, Idylls of the King)
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Tennyson's line 'And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true' (from 'Lancelot and Elaine' in 'Idylls of the King') pairs contradictory terms ('faith unfaithful', 'falsely true') and is a textbook example of an Oxymoron.
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