One Art

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"One Art" is a renowned villanelle by Elizabeth Bishop that meditates on loss and the art of mastering it through controlled, understated lyricism.

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One Art canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf poem ⓘ
villanelle ⓘ
author Elizabeth Bishop ⓘ
collection Geography III ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Elizabeth Bishop ⓘ
firstLine The art of losing isn’t hard to master; ⓘ
form villanelle ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
hasLine I love) I shan’t have lied. ⓘ
Lose something every day. ⓘ
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster ⓘ
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. ⓘ
—Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture ⓘ
influenced contemporary treatments of loss in lyric poetry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice enjambment ⓘ
irony ⓘ
parenthetical aside ⓘ
refrain ⓘ
literaryMovement confessional-influenced poetry (broadly associated) ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American poetry ⓘ
meter iambic pentameter (predominantly) ⓘ
notableFor controlled, conversational diction ⓘ
gradual emotional escalation ⓘ
masterful use of villanelle form ⓘ
meditation on personal and universal loss ⓘ
numberOfLines 19 ⓘ
numberOfStanzas 6 ⓘ
publicationYear 1976 ⓘ
publishedIn Geography III ⓘ
publisherOfCollection Farrar, Straus and Giroux ⓘ
refrainLine The art of losing isn’t hard to master. ⓘ
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster. ⓘ
rhymeScheme ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA ⓘ
stanzaStructure 5 tercets and 1 quatrain ⓘ
subject everyday losses ⓘ
geographical displacement ⓘ
romantic loss ⓘ
subjectOf extensive literary criticism ⓘ
theme acceptance of loss ⓘ
control and emotional restraint ⓘ
grief ⓘ
loss ⓘ
memory ⓘ
self-deception ⓘ
tone elegiac ⓘ
ironic ⓘ
understated ⓘ

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Elizabeth Bishop → notableWork → One Art ⓘ
Elizabeth Bishop → notableWork → One Art ⓘ
subject linked to: Elizabeth
Geography III → hasPoem → One Art ⓘ