Lines 3 and 4 illustrate?

Read the extract below and answer the following questions

A little learning is a dangerous thing:
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring
The shallow droughts intoxicate the brain
And drinking largely sobers us again

A. antithesis
B. oxymoron
C. anti-climax
D. metonymy

Correct Answer:

Option A – antithesis

Explanation

In lines 3 and 4, two contrasting ideas were placed side by side and this is a vivid feature of antithesis.