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Is the quote "legs of stone" a juxtaposition or oxymoron?
Its from ozymandias and it is for my gcse eng lit
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- Bobby JimLv 74 years agoFavorite Answer
Juxtaposition. A statue can have legs of stone. Fear can cause one to be paralyzed and not be able to move. An oxymoron example is "jumbo-shrimp," a descriptive term made up of a noun and an adjective, usually where the noun sounds like another adjective.
- Anonymous4 years ago
It's a metaphor.
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