This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'Everywhere now, freedom is on the loose And in its name, men and women slaughter One another with terrible abandon Carnage has become the means of Setting simple scores with our friends'
Okinba Launko: Pain Remembers, Love Rekindles
The dominant rhetorical device in the poem above is

Eniola4567

1 year ago

The correct answer is C. oxymoron.

The poem uses oxymorons, which are figures of speech that combine two contradictory words or phrases. Examples from the poem include:

- "freedom is on the loose" (freedom is often associated with order, not chaos)
- "carnage has become the means" (carnage is violent, while means implies a rational or peaceful approach)

Oxymorons highlight the contradictions and complexities in the poem's themes of freedom, violence, and human relationships.

Ometerefaith

1 year ago

please can you explain innuendo