What is juxtaposition in poetry?

Answer 1

In literature, juxtaposition occurs when multiple ideas, characters, or words are placed together in order to cause the items to be compared and contrasted. An example of this is when two characters representing opposing factions interact.

Answer 2

The above answer is technically correct in terms of the words morphology. However, when we speak of juxtaposition within literature, in particular in poetic works, we are referring to ideas or concepts deliberately being placed or written close to each other to form a contrast between them.

Good examples of juxtaposition being used in poetry can be found in many war poems. Perhaps none better than in Herbertson's The Seed Merchant's Son, where the tone of the first five stanzas, which could be described as nostalgic and reminiscent, is directly juxtaposed with the tone of the preceding 5 stanzas with could be described as being sorrowful and depressing.

The reader is forced to make a comparison between the seed merchant's son when he was alive, youthful and full of promise, in contrast to his present state which is..well...dead.

Hopefully that helps.

Answer 3

In a station of the Metro by Ezra Pound:

The apparition of these faces in the crowd ;

petals on a wet black bough.

Answer 4

An example of a Juxtaposition is

'You'll be a man, my son

Answer 5

Placing a red object next to a green object in a painting

Answer 6

Romantic Romeo and Blazing Tybalt

Answer 7

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