One Art

Stanza : 1

Losing is something that is not hard to get over with, its like if their purpose was to get lost in the first place

Stanza : 2

Losing something everyday is if you lost the keys to your door and have to wait outside for hours

Stanza : 3

Getting used to forgetting and losing names or places won't give you any harm

Stanza : 4

No matter the importance of the things that have been lost, it won't affect life.

Stanza : 5

Things that were already used to being there all the time; being gone, makes you miss it, but not making it a necessity to life

Stanza : 6

Losing the one you love the most might seem like it's the worst thing that can happen, like a disaster, but even losing love, "the art of losing isn't hard to master"

Figurative Language

alliteration

• Stanza 1: line 3: "to be lost that their loss is no disaster"
• Stanza 3: line 1: "Then practice losing farther, losing faster"
• Stanza 4: line 2: "next-to-last, of three loved houses went"
• The poet uses ALLITERATION to comfort the reader with the same sound
• Sometimes it can be dramatic and have all same starting letter

Hyperbole

• Stanza 5: line 2: "some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent"
• The poet uses HYPERBOLE to make an exaggeration 
• Emphasizing an idea or creating an urge to explain
• Making an expression like a way of describing something faster
• Maybe not meaning literally, but giving an idea of the situation properly

metaphor

• Stanza 5: line 1: "I lost two cities, lovely ones. And vaster"
• The poet has METAPHORS to give images or pictures 
• Giving a visual idea to the point given in the poem
• It doesn't need to be literally what they are doing
• It could be a way of saying of expressing an object

end rhyme

• Stanza 1: lines 1 & 3: "master" & "disaster"
• Stanza 2: lines 1 & 3: "fluster" & "master"
• The poet uses END RHYME to create a mood
• It gives the reader amusement and interest
• Also making a tone an rhythm in the poem

Repetiton

• Stanza 1: line 1: "The art of losing isn't had to master"
• Same in Stanza 2 and stanza 4
• The poet uses REPETITION to make a clear statement
• Also to remind and make a clear point into mind
• To be drilled in your head and to emphasize the point

The meaning of the poem is that even if the worst things in life get lost or forgotten, life will continue on even if it seems like it's a disaster and is the end.

The end=^-^=