Literary · Asked 31st August 2014 · 1,264 views Is it ironic that... Chasing my dream and catching it would set me free The verdict 68% ironic 32% not 68% say this IS ironic · 5 votes Cast your vote How ironic is this on a scale of 0 to 10? 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Definitely ironic Not ironic at all Submit vote ← All examples Random example → Submit your own → More literary irony View all → Is it ironic that In the poem "My Last Duchess", the persona - the Duke - hates his wife for having a 'spot of joy' on her cheek in reality, but then admires a painting of her which shows that exact trait? Is it ironic because the viewer would expect a person who admires a painting to love the object of the painting but he doesn't? 76% ironic 11 votes Vote → Is it ironic that In the Odyssey, the goddess Athena disguises herself as an old man and uses special sandals to walk on the water to get to Ithaka. 78% ironic 4 votes Vote → Is it ironic that I'm reading Fahrenheit 451 for the first time on a speed reading mobile app? 83% not ironic 4 votes Vote → Is it ironic that I wrote a poem about a metaphorical life storm and then a real storm hits. 59% not ironic 9 votes Vote → Not sure what counts? Read our definition of irony, or learn the difference between situational irony and plain bad luck.