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QuizMultiple Choice

Poetic Structure in Pope’s Essay on Man

Question 6 • CARE_24_25_TX-English IV A

Read the excerpt from An Essay on Man.Go, wondrous creature! mount where science guides,Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run,Correct old time, and regulate the sun;

Answer
A
Antithesis is used in the first two lines.
B
Antithesis is used in the last two lines.
C
Parallelism is used in the first two lines.
D
Parallelism is used in the last two lines.

Explanation

The first two lines use parallelism by repeating the command “Go” and then giving actions for the creature to perform: “mount,” “measure,” “weigh,” and “state.” Antithesis would set contrasting ideas against each other, but these lines instead build a series of related commands. The correct choice is “Parallelism is used in the first two lines.”

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