Question

figure of speech in the poem An elegy on the death of a Mad dog​

Answer 1

Answer:

hi friend here is the answer

Explanation:

In "Elegy on death of mad dog" Oliver Goldsmith used Irony throughout the poem.

Irony involves a contradiction. "In general, irony is the perception of a clash between appearance and reality, between what seems and what is, or between ought and is" (Harper Handbook).

In the present poem Oliver criticises that some people are more poisonous than a mad dog. In reality it may not be so .. but "these people" cause more harm than what a mad dog can.

Irony involves expressing some contrary meaning. Writers use this "irony" to criticise the maladies in a society.