One Art Stanza One Flashcards

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Stanza one

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Losing things is not difficult.
So many things get lost so easily that losing them comes naturally

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Stanza

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House keys and hour seem to be a commone place and naturally continously lose these things.

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Stanza 3

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Then you’ll start losing bigger things quicker.
9. You won’t be torn up about it.

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Stanza 4

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I lost my mother’s watch and moved out of my third house.
12. These things just happen.

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Stanza three rhyme scheme

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Rhyme scheme interuptd shows that the emotions are getting to her.

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Stanza 5

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I moved out of 2 cities , pretty ones therefore I can’t see some of my favourite sights anymore .

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Stanza 6

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Losing you everything about you was terrible . It’s the worst loss I’ve ever felt. Struggles to admit that loosing this person was not a disaster.

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The art of losing things is hard to master.

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Repetition bishop uses the repetition of these phrases to emphasize her main points, if anything convince herself of her main points.

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9
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To be lost that their loss is no disaster

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Repetition

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10
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Non of these will bring disaster

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Repetition to show that her points remain true in other situations

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11
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Accept flustered
Line 8 and 9 end at travel
13 end at lovely ones
Even losing you

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Metaphor bishop uses metaphor to compare her current loss of a person to her past losses of places and things.

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12
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Tone

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Casual tone masks chaotic internal emotions relating to great loss

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13
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Theme

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Nothing lasts. Speaker says with great practice we can learn to except great loss.

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