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Which lines in this excerpt from act I of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet are examples of oxymoron?

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O heavy lightness! serious vanity!

O brawling love! O loving hate!

Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire,
sick health!
Still-waking sleep,

All of the above are oxymorons. An oxymoron is simply something that is a contradiction to itself. Feathers are light, but here they call them lead which implies they are heavy. And when does love hate? Etc...

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Earth-treading stars that make dark heaven light

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