Oxymorons appear widely in literature and art. Some of the most famous are found in Shakespeare, such as “sweet sorrow” and “O brawling love! O loving hate!” from Romeo and Juliet, ...

This speech by Romeo has lots of examples of oxymorons. In this play Shakespeare uses a combination of rhyme and prose to tell us more about certain characters. The servants don’t speak in rhyme ...

8. "Parting is such sweet sorrow." (Romeo and Juliet) Shakespeare captures the contradictory emotions of goodbye, the pain of ...