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one art

Published on Nov 24, 2015

David johnson

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

one art

Elizabeth bishop

hyperbole

"I lost two cities, some realms i owned, two rivers and a continent"
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The poem is expressing that he lost a lot of things, but that didn't keep him down.

repetition

" the art of losing isn't hard to master"
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The poem is repeating the same line twice

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end rhyme

"master" and "disaster"
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In the poem, at the end of every 2 lines, they rhyme.

simile

"The art of losing isnt hard to master thogh it may look like disaster" 
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The poem is comparing master to disaster

alliteration

  • Stanza 3: "farther" and "faster"
  • "lost" and "loss"
  • They are repeating the same first word
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the end

by david johnson