Paul Gilmartin writes:
I hadn't understood that; I'm not sure I do yet. Can you enlighten us with
examples of a fully
legitimate oxymoron and a conventional, illegitimate oxymoron.
Proper oxymora are not far to seek. A famous double one is Tennyson's.
Writing of Lancelot, already guiltily involved with Arthur's wife Guinevere,
who, when he encounters Elaine, the Lily Main of Astolat, omits to bed her,
. . . And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.
Improper ones take such forms as
paper tablecloth.
I have a strong suspicion that we are already OT with this thread, and I
will therefore refrain from providing more such examples, but I suspect (a)
that there are PMLA papers that list proper ones in extenso and (b) that
you can invent as many improper ones as you may need yourself.
John Gilmore
Ashland, MA 01721
U.S.A.
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