Question

select the antithesis in the passage.

if all the world and love were young,
and truth in every shepherd’s tongue,
these pretty pleasures might me move
to live with thee and be thy love. . . .

thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses,
thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies
soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten—
in folly ripe, in reason rotten.

thy belt of straw and ivy buds,
thy coral clasps and amber studs,
all these in me no means can move
to come to thee and be thy love.

adapted from sir walter raleigh, \the nymph’s reply to the shepherd\

Explanation:

Antithesis is a rhetorical device that contrasts opposing ideas. In the line "In folly ripe, in reason rotten", "folly" (lack of good sense) and "reason" (good judgment) are opposites, as are "ripe" (mature in a negative sense here) and "rotten" (decayed), creating a contrast.

Answer:

In folly ripe, in reason rotten