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Essay Interpreting "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop
In "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop, the speaker's attitude in the last stanza
relates to the other stanzas in verse form and language. The speaker uses
these devices to convey her attitude about losing objects.
The verse form in "One Art" is villanelle. The poem has tercet stanzas
until the last, which is four lines. In the first three stanzas, the poem
is told in second person. "Lose something every day." seems to command one
to practice the art of losing things. In the three....
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