Dark with excessive bright is an example of

This is an example of an oxymoron.

An oxymoron is a word or a group of words that is self-contradicting, for example bittersweet ( neither bitter nor sweet ).

The terms comes from Greek where it means 'pointed foolishness'.

This rhetorical device is often used to reveal a paradox.

Dark with excessive bright is an oxymoron because the adjective dark contradicts the adjective bright.

1. all of the above

2. sensory language

- "the die is cast; i have consented to return if we are not destroyed. thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; i come back ignorant and disappointed. it requires more philosophy than i possess to bear this injustice with patience. i have lost my hopes of utility and glory; i have lost my friend."