9
QuizMultiple Choice

Poetic Structure in Pope’s Essay on Man

Question 9 • TX-English IV A-CR

Which lines are the best example of antithesis?

Answer
A
Know, then, thyself, presume not God to scan;The proper study of mankind is man.
B
Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,A being darkly wise, and rudely great:
C
Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;
D
Go, soar with Plato to th’ empyreal sphere,To the first good, first perfect, and first fair
Previous
Next