How does the oxymoron "cheery fire" affect
this sentence?
A cheery fire was burning in the grate, and I
sat down before it with a comforting sense of
relief.
It highlights that the narrator is in
need of a bright place to sit.
It gives the reader an idea of how
warm the room is for the narrator.
It tells the reader that the fire is
soothing
It shovlin that the fire is loud