What is Antithesis ?Definition about Antithesis literary Terms

What is Antithesis ?Definition about Antithesis literary Terms

The combination of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. Antithesis , literal meaning opposite , is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.

Some Example 

1. Speech is silver, But silence is gold.
2. Love is An ideal thing, Marriage a real thing.
3. Patience is bitter , but it has a sweet fruit.
4. Man proposes , God disposes.
5. Money is the root of all evils : poverty is the fruit of all goodness.
6. Give every man thy ear,but few thy voice.
7. You are easy on the eyes, But hard on the heart.

Some Antithesis Example on Literature

1. The opening lines of charles dickens Novel " A Tale of two Cities " Provides an unforgettable antithesis example.

It wa the best of times, it was the worst of times , it was the age of wisedom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief ,it was the epoch of incredulity , it was the season of light , it was the winter of despair ,we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven ,we were all going direct the other way.

2. Alexander Pope in his "An Essay on criticism " Says

To err is human ; to forgive divine.