Which statements about Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Man are accurate? Check all that apply.It is written in iambic pentameter.It is written in heroic couplets.It contains ten syllables per line.It contains twelve syllables per line.It uses parallelism to show optimism.It uses parallelism to create rhythm.

Pope’s poem is written mainly in iambic pentameter: each line typically has five iambic feet, or ten syllables. Its rhyming pairs of lines are heroic couplets, so statements A, B, and C are accurate. Parallel structures can reinforce the poem’s steady, balanced rhythm. They do not, by themselves, establish optimism, so E is not an accurate description here; the lines are not generally twelve syllables long either.

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