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    A Study Guide for Amy Lowell's "Patterns"
    A Study Guide for Amy Lowell's "Patterns"
    A Study Guide for Amy Lowell's "Patterns"
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    A Study Guide for Amy Lowell's "Patterns"

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    A Study Guide for Amy Lowell's "Patterns," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Literary Themes for Students: War and Peace. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Literary Themes for Students: War and Peace for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateSep 20, 2016
    ISBN9781535830645
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      A Study Guide for Amy Lowell's "Patterns" - Gale

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      Patterns

      Amy Lowell

      1915

      Introduction

      Amy Lowell's poem Patterns was first published in a monthly magazine called The Little Review in August 1915. The Little Review had a small circulation, but it attracted the attention of many notable writers of the time. By the time Patterns was published, Lowell herself had already become known as a poetic innovator with her second book, Sword Blades and Poppy Seeds (1914). She included Patterns in her third book, Men, Women, and Ghosts, an immediate bestseller published in October 1916. In spite of her popularity during her lifetime, most of Lowell's work was not republished after her death. However, a posthumous collection published in 1926—one year after her death—entitled What's O'Clock received the Pulitzer Prize. Patterns is one of her best-known poems, probably because it appeared in anthologies throughout the twentieth century. It is included in the most recent volume of Lowell's selected

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