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What literary device is Romeo using here? Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health! Still-waking sleep, that is not what it …

What literary device is Romeo using here? Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health! Still-waking sleep, that is not what it …
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What literary device is Romeo using here? Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health! Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is! This love feel I, that feel no love in this. (I. i. 167-170)

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an oxymoron is the literary device used by Romeo  in that passage.
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