How do you come to terms with loss? Is it simply part of life or should it be examined and carefully acknowledged? These are the themes and questions at play in One Art by Elizabeth Bishop. The poem looks at the difficulty of moving on from a loss and in some cases how it's simply not possible.

You can find a copy of the poem here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47536/one-art

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