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Poetic Structure in Pope’s Essay on Man

Question 5 • $2526: sem 1: 1001410: English 4 HONORS: NEW

What is antithesis?

Answer
A
five iambs in a poetic line
B
a stressed and an unstressed syllable
C
repeated rhythmic structures
D
the combination of opposing ideas

Explanation

Antithesis places contrasting or opposite ideas together, often to make the difference between them stand out. For example, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” contrasts two opposing descriptions, so the correct choice is “the combination of opposing ideas.”

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