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From the given options, select the figure of speech (Poetic Device) used in the expression:

He is suffering a sweet sorrow of leaving his school after 12 years.

Solution

Correct Option: 3

The phrase 'sweet sorrow' combines two contradictory ideas (sweetness and sorrow) into a single expression. This juxtaposition of opposites is the defining feature of an oxymoron.

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