We examined the related techniques of paradox, juxtaposition, antithesis, and irony and how punctuation and structure illustrate these techniques. To study examples of these techniques ,we studied the Victorian poem, "Pied Beauty." Joshua first identified the use of antithesis in the poem and we then tied this technique to the poem's theme of Nature's contrasts as a manifestation of creative perfection. We further studied how the idiosyncratic use of the hyphenated nouns highlights the motif of creation's contrasts .