Antithesis is a rhetorical device, common in neoclassical poetry and closed couplets, that involves balancing and contrasting opposite concepts.
Antithesis is a rhetorical device used in neoclassical poetry, particularly the closed couplet, to balance and contrast opposing ideas.
| Front | antithesis |
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| Back | rhetorical device opposites balanced and contrasted neoclassical poetry closed couplet |
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