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Elizabeth Bishop

This person is the author of the poem, "One Art."

The Audience

Although it first appears that this entity is the general reader, shifts in the verb moods in the poem create the suggestion that this entity is really the poet herself.

The Speaker

It is generally not good form to assume that this entity and the poet are the same person; the parenthetical in the poem's final line, however, makes it likely that in this case, the poet and this entity are the same person.

The Beloved

This term is used in literature to label an unknown love object who is discussed or addressed in a piece of writing. There is an apostrophe to this entity in "One Art."

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