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Nezavi [6.7K]
2 years ago
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The phrase, closes its wings and shrinks, a frightened bird is an example of

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denis-greek [22]2 years ago
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Literary devices are the visual elements that intensify the mood of the literature and the poem. The phrase uses the paradox as a literary device.

<h3>What is a paradox?</h3>

A paradox is a literary device that contains reasonable truth but is self-contradictory, phrase or sentence. Though it seems inaccurate it can be proven valid and accurate.

The phrase cannot be a metaphor as no two things are getting compared, it cannot be a simile because things ate not compared using words 'like and as' also it cannot be a euphemism as it is not a harsh statement.

Therefore, the phrase is an example of a paradox.

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