One Art Stanza One Flashcards
Stanza one
Losing things is not difficult.
So many things get lost so easily that losing them comes naturally
Stanza
House keys and hour seem to be a commone place and naturally continously lose these things.
Stanza 3
Then you’ll start losing bigger things quicker.
9. You won’t be torn up about it.
Stanza 4
I lost my mother’s watch and moved out of my third house.
12. These things just happen.
Stanza three rhyme scheme
Rhyme scheme interuptd shows that the emotions are getting to her.
Stanza 5
I moved out of 2 cities , pretty ones therefore I can’t see some of my favourite sights anymore .
Stanza 6
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.
The art of losing things is hard to master.
Repetition bishop uses the repetition of these phrases to emphasize her main points, if anything convince herself of her main points.
To be lost that their loss is no disaster
Repetition
Non of these will bring disaster
Repetition to show that her points remain true in other situations
Accept flustered
Line 8 and 9 end at travel
13 end at lovely ones
Even losing you
Metaphor bishop uses metaphor to compare her current loss of a person to her past losses of places and things.
Tone
Casual tone masks chaotic internal emotions relating to great loss
Theme
Nothing lasts. Speaker says with great practice we can learn to except great loss.