Which literary device does Yeats use to describe the young man's feelings about beauty?

Oxymoron

Personification

Imagery

Hyperbole

Answer and Solution

C. Imagery

The correct answer is 'Imagery' as the description invokes vivid pictures of beauty and despair within the poem.

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