Theme Of The Poem One Art

Analysis of the Poem “One Art”
Stylistic devices in poetry play a vital role because they allow a poet to convey meaning, emotion, and tone of his or her poem. Without the stylistic devices, it would hard for people to understand what the poets wanted them to understand from reading their poems. For example, the significance and meaning of a poem can be conveyed via the poem’s form. In particular, the poet can use a formal arrangement such as a sonnet or an ode when writing about a serious subject. Stylistic devices like rhyme and rhythm play a significant part of the style used by a poet. Furthermore, the poet may choose to use certain words for their sound or the meaning that he or she wants to pass across. The other stylistic device that …show more content…
By repeating particular phrases, the poet can be able to draw the attention of the readers to the intended meaning. The other literary devices that poets can use include; assonance, alliteration, and personification, among others. The literary devices can also be non-technical in that they can involve the poem’s content or use of imageries from nature. Therefore, style can refer to any aspect of poetry that is often used by the poets. Elizabeth Bishop’s “One Art” employs formal poetic structures to come to terms with and contain the enormity of loss. This paper will show how Bishop uses formal structures to deal with loss.
Analysis of the Poem “One Art”
The poem “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop uses several literal devices to try and deal with loss. One such literal device is imagery. The poem uses imagery, as a stylistic device, to show that the speaker had to deal with the loss of several material possessions (Tiwari 9). She argues that people need to “Accept the fluster of losing door keys.” The mention of door keys brings a mental picture on the readers regarding their door keys that they keep in …show more content…
In line one and line three of the first stanza, she ends with the words “master” and “disaster.” The first line argues that the art of losing is not hard to master. The third line states that the loss of things is no disaster. These rhyming words help to reinforce the notion that the art of losing is not hard. Line one of the second stanza ends with the word “fluster” while line three concludes with the word "master." It showcases the use of rhyming words to stress the point that it is not a big deal to lose objects. In particular, line one advice readers to accept the fluster while line three argues that it is not hard to master the art of losing. It makes the audience understand that the poet wanted them to know that it is easy to accept a loss. Bishop also uses rhyming words in the third stanza of the poem. Line one of the third stanza ends with the word "faster" while line three concludes with the word “disaster.” It makes the readers practice losing faster believing that it will not bring disaster. The choice of words in this stanza makes the readers think that it is never serious when they lose their possessions. It encourages them to lose their possessions faster because it will never be a disaster when they do so. The fourth stanza also showcases the use of rhyming words to deal with loss. Line one ends with the word “vaster" while line three concludes with the word