... of practice. The line's irony holds its ground by revealing that losing is an art. Indeed, it is ironic to see how a frustrating and annoying part of life can be considered an art. The tone also changes within each of the stanzas. In the first stanza, Bishop speaks in tones of the survivor, someone who has gone through an event and has lived to tell the reader that she has seen these things "with the intent to be lost" and can conclude from them "that their loss is no disaster". The second stanza encompasses a more instructional quality. The survivor-poet now advises the reader to "lose something every day." By sounding instructional, the poet assures the reader that "the art of losing isn't hard to master" if he/she would simply "accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent". Follow these simple guidelines, and the reader can, ...

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