Which technique does alexander pope use in this excerpt from his poem "essay on man"? 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, a. caesura b. enjambment c. blank verse d. open form e. free verse

The answer is Enjambment, because an enjambment has incomplete syntaxes at the end of a line, the meaning runs over from one line to the next and is end-stopped. A caesura is always physically represented in poetry with "||" and it is used to show a literal pause between whatever is being said (you can hear a caesura if you ever listen to William Shatner speak). Pope's "An Essay on Man" follows actual poetry form and therefore cannot be blank verse, open form, or free verse. It is easier to see enjambment when the poem is written out in the correct visual format:

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,

He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest;...

in this text, paine use the word “ye” several times in order to  capture  the  attention of the colonists who   haven't understand the   importance and urgency of his cause. the word "ye" that is the plural of   "thou" is used to call the colonists attention and make the fight for the cause.

below i present a summary with the most relevant aspects of chapter 2, which were taken from karangan bahasa inggeris (english essays) spm: argumentative essays.

tuna wira

credit to mohana ram murugiah.

i hope to be of

teacher smiles at the students who wait for his signal to sit down. he nods briefly and the students sit down and get ready for the lesson to start. there is an air of quiet expectancy when teacher refers to the unusual things found underneath their houses that morning. whispers of bags of rice ran among the students and a student muttered reluctantly that the rice is rent for the landlord. this starts off the discussion on the issue of paying rent for the use of the landowner’s land. da wan raises the question of why the landlord owns the land rather than the farmer although they have spent a lot of time farming it. the three reasons of labour, need and inheritance are listed as reasons for the landlord’s ownership of the land. they are discussed and dismissed as inadequate reasons. they suggested a system of collective farming to the farmers. the headmaster comes down the corridor to observe the lesson. teacher very quickly changed the lesson to a geography wesson. the students followed his cue and no one gave the slightest notice < of the headmaster ‘s presence. when the headmaster leaves, teacher explains the implications of winning the scholarship. it involves bearing respontsibilities and the scholarship holder should master what is useful and return to the village. he should understand the injustices in the present system and change it to a fairer system. then, he announces the wiimnuir of the scholarship to be dawan.