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Is this an Antithesis?

2.06K viewsSeptember 21, 2015
cmooteb0 September 21, 2015 0 Comments

“Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.” – Martin Fraquhar Tupper

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No, it is contrast because the opposition between silence and speech is highlighted by using “than.” Although antithesis is also contrast, however that usually reverses the previous situation.

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