Literary · Asked 20th March 2011 · 3,190 views Is it ironic that... In a Clean, well-lighted place, one of the last lines is "He would lie in the bed and finally, with daylight, he would go to sleep." The verdict 57% ironic 43% not 57% say this IS ironic · 7 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 A company that makes lenses for glasses messed up an order by misreading the prescription? 78% ironic 16 votes Vote → Is it ironic that In a meeting with the Oracle at Delphi, the young heir to the throne of Thebes learns that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. 71% ironic 11 votes Vote → Is it ironic that The world 'tsunami' is Japanese for "harbor wave". 75% not ironic 4 votes Vote → Is it ironic that While arguing to defend that someone else is in fact "clever", that someone would misspell the word "they're" as "there". 61% ironic 7 votes Vote → Not sure what counts? Read our definition of irony, or learn the difference between situational irony and plain bad luck.