ONE ART by Elizabeth Bishop

N. 1

Considering the title I expect the poem to be about art, it may be about one specific kind of art.

N: 2

The poem is arraged into six stanzas. There are five stanzas of three lines each and the last one is made of four lines.

N.8

a) Stanza 3

b) Stanza 2

c) Stanza 1

d) Stanza 6

e) Stanza 4

f) Stanza 5

N.9

1. stanzas

2. lines

3. rhyme scheme

4. “you”

5. loss

6. one

7. disaster

N. 11

repetitions: the art of losing isn't hard to master; be lost/lost door keys/I lost; no disaster/bring disaster/wasn't a disaster/like disaster; losing farther/losing faster/even losing you; and look!/look like

past tenses: you meant; I lost; loved houses went; I lost; I owned; it wasn't; I shan't have lied

statements: the art of losing isn't hard to master; their loss is no disaster; none of these will bring disaster; the art of losing's not too hard to master

N. 16

Elizabeth Bishop was born on the 8^th February in 1911 in Worcester, Mass., U.S. and she died on the 6^th October in 1979 in Boston. She was an American poetess known for her polished, witty, descriptive verse. Her poetry first were published in "The New Yorker" and other magazines.