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One Art 'And If Heaven Wasn T So Far Away'

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People lose things everyday. Most items lost can be replaced, so people do not make a deal big deal about it. But what about losing people? People are things that can never be replaced because they are so one of a kind. Should we not make a big deal of a lost loved one? “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop and “If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away” by Justin Moore attack this topic with two very different insights. ”The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. Lose something everyday. Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. The art isn't hard to master.” (Bishop)
The point Bishop is trying to make in this section of the poem is that people should not “bring …show more content…

None of these will bring disaster.” (Bishop)
Bishop states that people should “practice” losing things so one does not fret over losing the “greater” things. One may also interpret this piece of the poem in a different way. One may think Bishop is saying that overtime, humans will eventually lose everything.

“—Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture I love) I shan’t have lied. It’s evident -the art of losing’s not too hard to master though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster”(Bishop)
In the last stanza, Bishop does wind up talking about a person who she lost. But, she still reaches the conclusion that losing a person is not substandard and should be treated like lost keys.

In “If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away”, the writers, Dallas Davidson and Brett Jones, talk about someone who wants to take their kids to meet people who changed their life who have deceased. At the same time, the adults/parents are reminiscing on the little things those people did. Things that are not only irreplaceable, but also so unique that you are not able to find these things anywhere …show more content…

There's a piece of his old fruit stand on the side of Sawmill Road. He'd be there peelin' peaches if it was twenty years ago. What I wouldn't give To ride around in that old truck with him.”(Moore) Within these verses, Moore sings about the things that said “grandpa” did twenty-something years ago. For example, peeling peaches at his fruit stand.This is also an example of a “little thing” that Bishop believes can be replaced by someone,or something, else. Moore believes otherwise. In the chorus of “If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away”, Davidson and Jones write, “If heaven wasn't so far away, I'd pack up the kids and go for the day. Introduce them to their grandpa, watch 'em laugh at the way he talked.” The way a person talks is one thing at can no me copied exactly. The speaker in the song obviously really loved and enjoyed their grandfather's company because of the amount he/she talks about him. The speaker may also believe that even though his grandfather has passed, the speaker is not just going to blow their grandfather’s death of their shoulder. In the end, the whole song is about a person who misses the “little things” about passed people and not necessarily the person as an

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