http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/losing-and-writing Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:22:15 -0400 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:22:15 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/125/losing-and-writing-synonymous-art-forms-for-poet-elizabeth-bishop By Natasha L. Richter - Elizabeth Bishop, known for her reticent poetic style, reveals the secrets of her personal life through carefully wrought metaphors.  In her villanelle, “One Art,” Bishop reveals the purpose of art and the significance of poetic form.  In her poetry, Bishop often struggles fiercely against expressing her feelings, but in her intensely emotional villanelle, she allows her emotions to seep out and take on a poetic form.  In “One Art,” Bishop’s seemingly casual tone masks chaotic, internal emotions relating to great loss, and while the feelings beg to... Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:24 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/125/losing-and-writing-synonymous-art-forms-for-poet-elizabeth-bishop