The Art Of Losing Essay Research Paper — страница 2

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end. This poem of terrific understatement finally breaks down and admits that this single loss feels catastrophic to her. At that point she commands herself to ?Write it!?. By capitalizing and italicizing the verb write, she draws emphasis on the action that will force herself to write it down just as she is forcing herself to admit and face it. The repetition of the word ?like? compounds the effect. The process of recognition becomes the emotional discovery of this poem. The reader overhears what the poet is forcing herself to acknowledge. Thus the words psychologically enacts the experience of coming to terms with a universe of loss. ?One Art? is a poem that summons elements of mortal panic and fear even as it resists, contains, and tries not to succumb to them. That makes it

all the more moving when the resistance finally caves in at the end. Work Cited Bishop, Elizabeth. ?One Art?. Class Handout. 2000