The literary device that Edward Field use in the telephone is :
Oxymoron
He used many figure of speech that contradict several existed terms in some conjunctions.
Explanation:
Obvious oxymoron is the phrase "the same distinction." This phrase qualifies as an oxymoron because the words "same" and "difference" have totally opposing meanings. Bringing them together into one phrase produces a literally puzzling, yet pleasant, effect. The speaker examines man’s situation before the advent of the telephone to a bear. People now value telephone or cellphones.
The learned device related is the simile. (man’s situation to a bear). The speaker is the hunger for love and gossip
I think one of the literary device that Edward Field use in the telephone is : Oxymoron He used many figure of speech that contradict several existed terms in some conjunctions
