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Red Rose | 19:45 Wed 12th Dec 2007 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Of what grammatically is "blessed blane" (Milton) an example I'm struggling on this one. Any help please
  
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Do you mean "bane" ?
In which case it may be construed as an alliterative oxymoron
Yes ..it is "blessed bane" ..from Paradise Lost.
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Thanks Ulysses but the question in the quiz is exactly as I have witten it Red Rose
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Thanks Slaney thats looks right
Sorry Red Rose, I am puzzled. Does it matter in which of Milton's works this phrase comes from? Ulysses100 has given the answer (though admittedly you do need both blessed and bane for it to be an oxymoron, in this case an alliterative one).
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sorry Catron to not be of much help with your question but all I have is what I wrote down as my original question.
Isn't the Milton quote "precious bane" anyway?
Still sounds as if it's meant to be an oxymoron.
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thanks Mike b I'm going with oxymoron

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