Exercise 8 

a. Stanza 3 

b. Stanza 2

c. Stanza 1 

d. Stanza 6 

e. Stanza 4 

f. Stanza 5

Exercise 9 

One Art is made up of six stanzas; the first four stanzas contain three lines, while the last consists of four. The poem is a villanelle, a form deriving from rustic songs; its rhyme scheme is ABA. The "I" voice talks to a "you" expressing sadness and sense of loss, while making ironical comments on the inevitability of losing objects and opportunities. Losing a loved one, however, is a much more painful experience, and the poet finally forces herself to acknowledge that that is disaster.