Patterns

from: 101 Classic Love Poems

poem by: Amy Lowell

I walk down the garden paths,

And all the daffodils

Are blowing, and the bright blue squills.

I walk down the patterned garden paths

In my stiff, brocaded gown.

With my powdered hair and jewelled fan,

I too am a rare

Pattern.As I wander down

The garden paths.

My dress is richly figured,

And the train

Makes a pink and silver stain

On the gravel, and the thrift

Of the borders,

Just a plate of current fashion

Tripping by in high-heeled, ribboned shoes

Not a softness anywhere about me,

Only whalebone and brocade.

And I sink on a seat in the shade

Of a lime tree. For my passion

wars against the stiff brocade

The daffodils and squills

Flutter in the breeze

As they please.

And I weep;

For the lime tree is in blossom

And one small flower has landed on my bosom.

 

 

Amy Lowell. I got this image at:

http://www.terebess.hu/english/img/amylowell.jpg

ANALYSIS:

                There is rhyme in this poem,but there is isn’t exactly a rhyme scheme. It kind of rhymes randomly throughout the poem. For example, “train” and “stain”. There is also near rhyme :”blossom” and “bosom”.When she said “And the daffodils are blowing” this is an example of personification.

SUBJECT:the girl/speaker and the fashions she is wearing

OBJECT: The girl is in a garden and is describing her trim in detail

AUDIENCE: general,those who care

PURPOSE:She is dressed nicely and is in the garden because she is trying to be beautiful, but she feels her beauty is not perfect, therefore, she weeps

SPEAKER: The weeping girl

TONE: depressed,pity, she feels incomplete