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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many lines does "One Art" have?
2. How many refrains does "One Art" contain?
3. What "Art" does the title refer to?
4. 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"?
5. Which word in lines 10 and 11, "And look! my last,/ or next-to-last, of three loved houses went," creates a momentary shift in verb mood?
Short Essay Questions
1. To whom is the parenthetical comment "(Write it!)" addressed in line 19, and how does this comment impact the reader's understanding of the poem?
2. Which two verb moods are used in "One Art," and where are they employed?
3. How does the speaker arrange the examples of things that can be lost?
4. Describe the form of "One Art."
5. What is the poem's dominant meter, and how is it regularly interrupted?
6. How does the speaker's diction increase the emotional stakes as the poem progresses?
7. What difference is there in the way the two refrain lines are repeated throughout the poem?
8. How does the change in stanza structure in the final stanza mimic the poem's changing meaning?
9. What are the refrains employed in "One Art"?
10. On the surface level, what is the main message of "One Art"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that analyzes Bishop's use of linebreak in "One Art." Provide quoted examples, explain their effect, and connect these effects to the poem's overall meaning.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the logical flow of ideas in "One Art." Support your argument with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the use of refrains in "One Art." Support your argument with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the text.
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