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

2. In the first stanza, what does the speaker suggest makes the loss of some things especially easy to accept?
(a) They are difficult to live with.
(b) They are part of a distant past.
(c) They are small and insignificant.
(d) They seem to want to get lost.

3. Stanzas four through six have which techniques in common?
(a) First person and indicative mood.
(b) First person and imperative mood.
(c) Second person and indicative mood.
(d) Second person and imperative mood.

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

5. What does the speaker use in line 5 as an example of a common lost object?
(a) Glasses.
(b) Pens.
(c) Socks.
(d) Keys.

Short Answer Questions

1. In lines 2 and 3, "so many things seem filled with the intent/ to be lost that their loss is no disaster," what is the antecedent of the word "their"?

2. Which is the best description of the tone of stanza one?

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

4. The relationship between stanza two and stanza three is most accurately expressed by which of the following?

5. Which technique is used in the speaker's claim to have lost "some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent" (line 14)?

(see the answer key)

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