Art Elizabeth Bishop's Poem, One Essay

Open, View, and/or
Download this Document

Total Length: 733 words ( 2 double-spaced pages)

Total Sources: 1

Page 1 of 2

The keys and the house are not in her possession any longer but the "cities, rivers, and caves" do not belong to her as they once did. This kind of loss, too, does not represent what the poet would define a disaster. However, true loss is explored in the last stanza

The poet's real intention emerges in this stanza as she turns to more personal and private matters. The last stanza is the most powerful in that the poet moves from speaking about things to people - more significantly, "you." The poet also attaches noteworthy attributes to the lover by remembering the "the joking voice, the gesture / I love" (16-7), which move her to reinforce the notion that loss is not difficult to master. It is worth noting that the punctuation in this stanza because it strays from what the poet has employed in earlier stanzas. The dash before "Even" indicates a break in thought as the poet moves to the one thing that truly serves to be a great loss. The parenthetical phrases make the enclosed words stand out even though the poet attempts to conceal the true meaning of these phrases.

Stuck Writing Your "Art Elizabeth Bishop's Poem, One" Essay?

View All Our Example Art Elizabeth Bishop's Poem, One Essay

Have A Custom Example Essay Written

By breaking from her previous method, she is simply drawing more attention to them. The poet lost the joking voice and the gesture that she loved and these are not things that have been misplaced or things that can be replaced. Similarly, the poet also includes "write it!" (19) in parentheses to wrap up the irony in the poem. Losing is an art that no one in particular wishes to master and the writing about it does not make the art any easier.

One Art" demonstrates how we can become masters of things when we are not actually trying but these things are not necessarily good for us. The poet's example of losing is the perfect example of this and, with irony, we see how the poet illustrates how easy this art actually becomes over time. In the end, we see that the poet has not mastered the art so much as the art mastering her.

Works.....

Show More ⇣

     Open the full completed essay and source list


OR

     Order a one-of-a-kind custom essay on this topic


sample essay writing service

Cite This Resource:

Latest APA Format (6th edition)

Copy Reference
"Art Elizabeth Bishop's Poem One" (2009, March 08) Retrieved May 21, 2025, from
https://www.aceyourpaper.com/essays/art-elizabeth-bishop-poem-one-24171

Latest MLA Format (8th edition)

Copy Reference
"Art Elizabeth Bishop's Poem One" 08 March 2009. Web.21 May. 2025. <
https://www.aceyourpaper.com/essays/art-elizabeth-bishop-poem-one-24171>

Latest Chicago Format (16th edition)

Copy Reference
"Art Elizabeth Bishop's Poem One", 08 March 2009, Accessed.21 May. 2025,
https://www.aceyourpaper.com/essays/art-elizabeth-bishop-poem-one-24171
   

Open, View, and/or
Download this Document
order custom essay example