This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
A paradox is

A. applied to a word or combination of words whose sound resembles the sense
B. a statement which seems self-contraditory or absurd, yet turns out to have a valid meaning  
C. an episode of pantomime introduced through gesture and bodily movement in a play
D. an elaborately conceived poem expressing an urban poet's nostalgia for life in the country

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Correct Answer: B