Which words in this quote about personal essays from author barry lopez are examples of oxymoron?

it is, i think, the rarest of leisure, hard work mixed with hard pleasure, to refine one's time of deep thought or light regard into the utterly self-absorbed and equally and abundantly outward-seeking shape of the personal essay—a story comprised of found fact, of analyzed emotion, of fictive memory.

a. hard work
b. hard pleasure
c. deep thought
d. outward-seeking

The words from Barry Lopez's quote about personal essays that are examples of Oxymorons is B) hard pleasure.

As it's known an Oxymoron is a figure of speech which contains words that seem to contradict each other; with the purpose of adding a dramatic effect, adding flavor to speech or just creating a humorous effect.

That's why it's right to state that option B is a true example of this kind of figure speech.

based on the biblical principle proverbs 16: 32, i agree with the author of the passage "better is it that it takes longer to be angry than the strong " to the extent that i share the philosophy that the nobility of heart demonstrates the strength of a person. those who are very proud, get angry easily and show their anger toward others are really weak, but those who are noble and do not constantly obfuscate or contain their feelings of anger, are strong people