Read the following lines and answer the question
But since, alas! frail beauty must decay,
curled or uncurled, since looks will turn to gray;
since painted or unpainted, all shall fade.
The use of the word 'since' illustrates
A literary device used in the first line is
A paradox is a statement that seems contradictory or self-refuting but may contain a truth. In the first line, "But since, alas! frail beauty must decay", the idea that beauty must decay is paradoxical because beauty is often associated with youth, permanence and allure, yet here it is presented as something that inevitably fades.
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