Answer the following exam question and support your interpretation with evidence gained from a close reading analysis of the text. Be sure to mention the author’s use of literary devices such as imagery, metaphor, irony, tone, and symbol.
Your final exam should be a multi-paragraph essay that follows the conventions of standard English grammar and usage, as well as MLA in-text citation rules for the quotation of literary works.
Exam Question
The repeating first and third lines of Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “One Art” claim that “The art of losing isn’t hard to master” and that “loss is no disaster.” How does the rest of the poem support or contradict these claims? How does the theme of loss in this poem relate to at least ONE other work assigned in this class this term?
