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Poetic Structure in Pope’s Essay on Man — Quiz

Question 3 • Language Arts 12

Which lines are the best example of parallelism?

Answer
A
With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic’s pride
B
Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great:
C
Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape And showed a Newton as we show an ape.
D
As Eastern priests in giddy circles run, And turn their heads to imitate the sun.

Explanation

Choice A repeats the same grammatical pattern: “With too much…” followed by a description, then “With too much…” followed by another description. This balanced repetition is parallelism. The other choices contain paired images or actions, but do not repeat a sentence structure as clearly.

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