Question

Which technique does Alexander Pope use in this excerpt from his poem "Essay on Man"? Know, then, thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic’s pride, caesura

Answer 1

Answer:

Enjambment

Explanation:

Enjambement is a syntactic thread between one verse and another, you can almost say an overflow in which the last word of the verse connects to the first word of the next verse.

You were certainly able to easily identify the enjambement feature in the above text: did you notice how the first verse flows, syntactically and semantically, to the second verse? This is enjambement: to make the unit complete in the next verse, chaining them syntactically.

Answer 2

Enjambment i had the same test in summer school<span />