`` One Art `` By Elizabeth Bishop

We are accustomed to worldly possessions that cause a reaction within us whenever they go missing. As people grow aware of time and its limit, they begin to fear what they will lose next and how much time is left. Most of us experience loss differently whether it is gradual or quick. In the literary work, “You, Disappearing”, the narrator deals with similar struggles in a world where loss is inevitable. Struggling to cope with a disappearing world the protagonist holds on tightly to the thing she loves most, her lover.

The persona who Elizabeth Bishop presents in the poem “On Art” brings to the reader the idea that “[t]he art of losing isn’t hard to master”(1). Trying to not to miss these things, she goes on to express how “so many things seem filled with the intent/ to be lost”(2-3). Things were made to be lost, which from a reader’s point of view can be compared to how humans are made to eventually die. As the speaker continues, she explains what some of the things that she has lost are. These include; lost door keys, wasting time away, places she wished to visit, her dreams, people, her mother’s watch, places she’s been, and finally, “you”(16), whom the speaker is telling this all to.

One art is poem written by Elizabeth Bishop discussing loss and the role it plays in the world. The poem conveys a powerful message subtly hidden in the speaker's use of connotation and denotation. In addition to the multiple connotations of loss in the poem, repetition and sound coupled together add meaning overall to the poem. The form of the poem contributes to the uses of repetition and connotation to emphasize the ease of loss.

Today I am talking about how my best friend and I met. My best friend’s name is Sydney Rott. The story of how we met is a cliché but I am going to explain it anyway. We didn't know each other up until my Sophomore year and her Junior year. I decided I wanted to go out for the tennis team, even though I have never really played before, I still decided to join. Sydney was the number one player for the Harrisburg Tennis Team. I thought that she was a brat when I first met her, but as time went on I started to like her.

Basically best friends. We would Facetime and message each other every day. Time flies by and it’s 8th grade. Everyone had already formed their cliques. Hannah and I weren’t in the same clique, and didn’t sit at the same table. Hannah wasn’t very popular and hung out with the “lame people.” I encouraged Hannah to sit with me. My friends were absolutely rude and mean about it at first, but then they got to know her and she felt like she belonged. I felt overjoyed for her. One day, something terrible had happened in math class. These two kids named Joey and Peter who were popular jocks, called this girl named Brianna ugly. It was because Brianna stood up for this kid named Eric, who was being bullied by them. Hannah told them that it wasn’t nice. Then they continually called her loser and dumb until she started crying. Hannah went up to me and I asked her what was wrong. She told me what had happened, and I felt so anxious. What I was going to do took guts. I marched over with my friend Adaora. “Stop it! Bullying isn’t okay! Shut up!”“Yeah, cut it out. It’s not cool. You’re hurting her feelings.”, Adaora said. They then stopped and were quiet the whole class period. Hannah was about to leave school, but I told her that I was always going to be there for her, no matter what happens. I felt courageous. It beyond doubt made our friendship so much stronger knowing that we would always be there for each

One Art by Elizabeth Bishop is a poem that explores loss in comparison to an art; however, this art is not one to be envied or sought after to succeed at. Everyone has experienced loss as the art of losing is presented as inevitably simple to master. The speaker’s attitude toward loss becomes gradually more serious as the poem progresses.

Losing things is a part of life. It happens no matter how big or small you are. It happens and people accept it and move on, The poem, “One Art,” by Elizabeth Bishop is a very famous Villanelle poem that talks about all of that. It is about how losing things is simple, even if it seems to be a disaster. Villanelle is a very unique form of poetry that was created during the renaissance. Throughout the years it has developed into a more complicated form of poetry. Many poets use it to for rustic or pastoral themes, but bishop uses it for a whole different type of theme.

These thought invoking expressions have long demonstrated human kind’s ability, or lack there of, to deal with loss. From Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven, to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s The Cross of Snow, loss is a topic humans can relate to on the deepest level, as it is something that we all must face. Frankenstein and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, two widely celebrated novels, are both are influenced by the theme of loss

Second period had just ended and you would see students walking out to the field. Taking it easy I approached the end of the ramp, I took a look around and I saw the many small cliques. I heard a faint voice call my name so I turned to see who it was. A teacher. She looked at me and signaled to come over. She had told me to talk to young girl who was by herself, just like me. I sat down next to her, we were both silent. I decided to break the ice and ask her a few questions and she asked some in return. We had some form of a conversation, and because of that we became friends. Best friends. I never knew that it was that easy, and soon after that our friendship circle became a lot bigger. I was able to laugh and smile just like how I saw the other students on the first day of school. I was able to come to school and enjoy it. When I was young I always thought that I would be attending Mira Mesa High School, I never had imagined graduating at High Tech High North County, until

In “Once Art by Elizabeth Bishop the speaker's attitude towards loss in lines 1-15 is unaffectionate while her attitude towards loss in lines 16-19 are more caring. She uses personification and symbolism to show how emotional it is to loose someone you love because people take their loved ones for granted. In lines 1-15 it can be seen that the speaker thinks that losing things isn’t a big deal from the first line, “The art of losing isn’t hard to master” (Bishop 1). She’s saying that it’s easy to lose things, so it should be the norm.

Humans experience loss throughout their lives. In Bishop’s personal poem, it lays the foundation of how it feels to experience losing love. Years ago, Bishop’s lover committed suicide which led her to express her emotions in this poem. Through her ironic tone and diction the shift from denial to hurt to acceptance is shown in all its truth in this poem. “One Art” shows it’s audience the importance of mastering this inevitable human experience.

It was the first week of summer, after graduating high school. Most of my friends were gone away to college or had jobs. Parents working and older siblings have moved away. It was the beginning of adulthood. I owned nothing to my name, I had no job, no car or any motivation. The only useful thing I had was a friend. Nancy, she has been in my life since we first met in middle school. How we became friends, she gave me two dollars. Those two dollars made our friendship. Just like Esperanza gives up her three dollars for a bike and some friends, Nancy did the same. She willingly gave up her lunch money, so I wouldn't starve at school. Since that day we became best friends. We had the same struggle and we almost have everything in common, and we

After our first year of friendship, we graduated 8th grade together (see first picture) the summer before freshman year. It was a CRAZY summer. “Nights you won’t remember with friends you will never forget” but man did we have a blaaaast.

Jean has been a friend of mine since August 1996 when we met in high school. She was a grade younger than me, but had a January birthday, so we were only 7 months apart. We became friends quickly despite our different personality traits. I had been quite yet outgoing in high school and Jean was lively and animated. People wondered how we could be so opposite, yet great friends. Our friendship continued to grow over the years and we became best friends. Throughout the years of friendship we talked about her romantic relationships and my romantic relationships. We trusted each other with private experiences that we would not tell anyone else. Our communication was very open, honest and transparent. As Jean was entering college, at a different university than me, she struggled with her father falling ill and sadly passing away. This was an extremely hard time for Jean to finish her undergraduate degree, but Jean pressed on toward its completion and graduated college.

The school was on vacation, so after the school’s vacation was over, my sister’s and I went to school. I went to Houlton Elementary School because I was in 2nd grade. On my first day of school, I had made my first actual friend, her name was Mia. We became friends because the teacher told us to do a timeline project of our lifetime, and I started crying because I missed my family, so Mia told me everything would be alright . We had started hanging out with each other after that, I found out that similar lives. We both had three dogs, two older sisters, and we are the youngest. We have been friends ever since