Which phrases in this excerpt from alexander pope’s "an essay on criticism" are oxymorons? such shameless bards we have; and yet 'tis true,
there are as mad, abandon'd criticks too.
the bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,
with loads of learned lumber in his head,
with his own tongue still edifies his ears,
and always list'ning to himself appears.
all books he reads, and all he reads assails,
from dryden's fables down to durfey's tales.
with him, most authors steal their works, or buy;

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?