Asked by lebron

Read the excerpt from Act II, scene vi of Romeo and Juliet.

Friar Laurence: These violent delights have violent ends,
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite:
Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

Which pair of words from the excerpt is an oxymoron?

violent delights
violent ends
sweetest honey
too swift

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"violent delights" — it pairs opposing ideas (violent vs. delight), creating an oxymoron.