Question

Which technique does Alexander Pope use in this excerpt from his poem "Essay on Man"?
caesura
enjambment
blank verse
open form
free verse

Answer 1

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,

Answer 2

@Kash_TheSmartGuy

Answer 3

@Jadeishere

Answer 4

not enjambment >.<
not blank verse because it is rhyming.
not an open form or a free verse because it has an established pattern and a rhyme

so i believe it's caesura :)

Answer 5

thank you so much!