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One Art Figurative Language

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Many people praise and mourn about different things, mostly stuff they like very dearly. Except that mourning is being sad over something they lost that meant alot to one. In the poem “One Art” Elizabeth Bishop evokes praise, mockery and mourning, by using language that shows a carefree tone and a passionate mood. She also fulfills her purpose by utalyzing repetition in her structure. She uses her carefree tone by not caring if she loses something, but focusing on the art of losing it. Elizabeth quotes “Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost door key, the hour badly spent. The art of losing isn't hard to master” (stanza 2). She explains how losing something will not bring disaster but is easy to master. The art of losing is easy and people just see the disaster in the losing not the art it brings. She focuses on the art, and not catastrophize. She praises the loss while others mourn over the loss. …show more content…

She persuades the reader into not mourning over losing stuff, and instead praise over losing stuff. Elizabeth writes “I lost two cities, lovely ones. And,vaster, some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent. I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster” (stanza 5).. She explains that losing is not a disaster, even if they miss it. It won't become a disaster if they look at the art of the loss. If losing something is sad then they'll be mourning because of it, but if it is good then they will look at the art of it and not just the

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