Poetic Structure in Pope’s Essay on Man

Question 1

What feature of Enlightenment thought does Pope express in these lines?

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concern with understanding humankind’s place in the universe

Question 2

Describe or fix one movement of his mind? ✔ Still by himself abused, or disabused;Whether he thinks too little, or too much:Of all our vices have created arts;

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Still by himself abused, or disabused;

Question 3

✔ Describe or fix one movement of his mind?Still by himself abused, or disabused;Whether he thinks too little, or too much:Of all our vices have created arts;

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Describe or fix one movement of his mind?

Question 4

Choose the line that completes each heroic couplet from An Essay on Man.

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Alike in ignorance, his reason such,: Whether he thinks too little, or too much:; Chaos of thought and passion, all confused;: Still by himself abused, or disabused;; Could he, whose rules the rapid comet bind,: Describe or fix one movement of his mind?

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