Question

Which of these sentences from the short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses verbal irony?

If only that top pattern could be gotten off from the under one! I mean to try it, little by little.

I got up softly and went to feel and see if the paper did move, and when I came back John was awake.

It is so hard to talk to John about my case, because he is so wise, and because he loves me so.

But I am securely fastened now by my well-hidden rope—you don't get me out in the road there!

Answer 1

I believe ur answer is going to be : It is so hard to talk to John about my case, because he is so wise, and because he loves me so.

Answer 2

Answer:

The sentence from the short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman that uses verbal irony is "It is so hard to talk to John about my case, because he is so wise, and because he loves me so."

Explanation:

Verbal Irony is a is the technique where the author uses some specific words in order con convey a different meaning, what the character says is opposite to what they are really pretending to communicate, In the Yellow Wallpaper, John is a doctor who does not fully understand how to deal with his wife's problems and she does not believe he is right but at the same time she pretends so by giving him positive attributes.