Question

select the antithesis in the passage.

if all the world and love were young,
and truth in every shepherds 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 nymphs reply to the shepherd\

Explanation:

Antithesis is a literary device that juxtaposes contrasting ideas. In the given passage, "In folly ripe, in reason rotten" presents two opposing concepts - folly and reason, ripe and rotten - side - by - side.

Answer:

In folly ripe, in reason rotten.