Patterns Summary
Amy Lowell

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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...

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Amy Lowell Biographies (4)

Amy Lowell

399 words, approx. 2 pages

Amy Lowell (1874-1925), American poet, critic, biographer, and flamboyant promoter of the imagist movement, was important in the "poetic renaissance" of the early 20th century.Amy Lowell was born in B... Read more

Amy Lowell

3,403 words, approx. 12 pages

An oft-quoted remark attributed to poet Amy Lowell applies to both her determined personality and her sense of humor: "God made me a business woman," Lowell is reported to have quipped, "and I made my... Read more

Amy Lowell

3,912 words, approx. 14 pages

A descendant of a clan of cultivated New England intellectuals whose forebears, the Lowles of Somersetshire, immigrated to America in the seventeenth century, Amy Lowell took pride in her illustriou... Read more

Amy Lowell

1,996 words, approx. 7 pages

Amy Lowell of Boston was described by A. Edward Newton in his The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections (1918) as "A poet of rare distinction, a critic, and America's most distinguished... Read more

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