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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. Which is a reasonable statement of how the punctuation and syntax of the final stanza affect the stanza's tone?

2. What technique is employed in line 16, "Even losing you"?

3. Stanzas four through six have which techniques in common?

4. What "Art" does the title refer to?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the poem's dominant meter, and how is it regularly interrupted?

2. What difference is there in the way the two refrain lines are repeated throughout the poem?

3. How does the change in stanza structure in the final stanza mimic the poem's changing meaning?

4. 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?

5. Which two verb moods are used in "One Art," and where are they employed?

6. How does the speaker arrange the examples of things that can be lost?

7. On the surface level, what is the main message of "One Art"?

8. What are the refrains employed in "One Art"?

9. Describe the form of "One Art."

10. How does the speaker's diction increase the emotional stakes as the poem progresses?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the rhyme scheme of "One Art." Support your argument with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the use of verb mood in "One Art." Support your argument with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that explicates the musicality of "One Art." Be sure to explain how the devices you name and explain create meaning within the context of the text as a whole. Support your claims with quoted evidence from the text.

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