1. The relationship between stanza two and stanza three is most accurately expressed by which of the following?
(a) Stanza three provides hyperbolic examples of the effects of loss proposed in stanza two.
(b) Stanza three extends the small, everyday losses in stanza two into more serious and personal territory.
(c) Stanza three repeats the emotional plea of stanza two in a more logical and rational form.
(d) Stanza three exposes the inherent contradictions in the ideas about loss advanced by stanza two.

2. Which technique is used in the speaker's claim to have lost "some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent" (line 14)?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Personification.
(d) Simile.

3. What is used for the first time in the poem's final stanza?
(a) Sentence fragments.
(b) Modifying phrases.
(c) Parenthetical expressions.
(d) Coordinating conjunctions.

4. What "Art" does the title refer to?
(a) The art of maintaining relationships.
(b) The art of mastering loss.
(c) The art of disciplining the emotions.
(d) The art of maintaining perspective.

5. What technique is employed in line 16, "Even losing you"?
(a) Apostrophe.
(b) Dramatic irony.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Understatement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a reasonable statement to make about the effect of the enjambment in lines 8 and 9, "places, and names, and where it was you meant/ to travel"?

2. What kind of metrical foot is the most frequent in "One Art"?

3. How many stanzas does "One Art" have?

4. How many lines does "One Art" have?

5. What is different about the final stanza of "One Art"?

(see the answer key)

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