One Art

Repetition

• Throughout the whole poem the same line was used. 
• "The art of losing isn't hard to master
• It expresses that you  have to get over things you lose

simile

• There is one simile throughout the whole poem
• "Even though it may look like a disaster"
• Losing---disaster
• It means that losing looks like a disaster but it really isn't.

End Rhyme

• This poem has a lot of end rhymes
• The first one is "Master----Disaster
• "The Art of losing isn't hard to master"
• "Their loss was no disaster"
• This means that they lost something but it wasn't a disaster.

Hyperbole

• There is one hyperbole in the poem
• A whole stanza is a hyperbole.
• "I lost two cities, lovely ones..."
• They didn't really lose a city.
• They are saying that if they lost something big they wouldn't be sad.

Alliteration

• There is one alliteration.
• It is also a repetition
• "Losing farther, Losing faster"

Stanza oneEven though that it may seem hard to lose it is not hard to get over

Stanza twoYou lose something every day like your car keys.

Stanza threeTo help not make it a disaster try to get used to losing things.

Stanza four even lost something very dear to me but the art of losing is not hard to master.

Stanza fiveEven when I lose something very big I do not fret because it is not a disaster.

Stanza sixEven losing you is not hard to master.

The metaphorical meaning of this poem is that even though you lose things I can be mastered so it wont be a disaster. You can over come it because the art of losing is not hard to master.

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