In her poem "Patterns", Amy Lowell created a vivid image of all the patterns surrounding the main character in the garden. She used patterns to describe the life of the woman and how it would've been if her lover had not passed away.

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        In her poem "Patterns", Amy Lowell created a vivid image of all the patterns surrounding the main character in the garden.  She used patterns to describe the life of the woman and how it would've been if her lover had not passed away.  She ends the poem by asking, "what are patterns for?"  Lowell presents many questions of life in this poem by extending the meaning of "pattern".         Pattern can be defined as "a recognizable way in which something is
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done, organized or happens" or "any regularly repeated arrangement."  The woman in the poem is saddened by the death of her lover.  Knowing that death was a risk when her lover engaged in war, she has to accept the news with dignity.  She has to stage a front to hide her emotions, in effect; she has to stay in her pattern.  For her, life is a pattern and she has no way of escaping it.  With the news of her lover's death, she begins to see life in patterns.  She sees the patterns in nature as she walks among the ...

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