“Patterns,” Amy Lowell explores women's hope in the early 20th century through a central theme. A woman's dream of escaping the confines society has placed on her dissipates when she learns of her lover's untimely death. He also expresses his emotions and what he really feels. She doesn't have to show any form of feeling, so she feels like there's "no softness anywhere" in her. Confined between “whalebones and brocade,” the speaker continues to live up to the expectations society imposes on her. The speaker also uses a lot of imagery in this poem, the constant movements of the flowers and water drops, the dress the woman is wearing and her daydreams of her lover are crucial in developing this theme of freedom. At the beginning of the poem, as well as throughout the work, the speaker describes daffodils and other types of flowers moving freely in the wind. Using imagery to appeal to the reader's sense of sight, these flowers are given movement and are described as "blowing" and "fluttering in the breeze." This creates a sense of flexibility. The woman in the poem wishes to be like the moving flowers, carefree and confident. In the second stanza of the poem, the woman begins to describe the water in the marble fountain, "the splashing of the water drops describes the moving liquid. The fact that she notices such small details in a fountain shows how intent the woman is on to be free and to be able to move as she pleases. The free movement of the flowers and water manifests a lifestyle that the woman would like to live of brocade" serves as a support to hold her up. Without it, she would collapse with emotion. She mu... in the center of the paper... oman in the poem. I hope she has finally found another love that saves her from the confines of tradition. I am so grateful to live in a world today where people are not oppressed like they were in the 1800s and early 1900s. It must have been disheartening to know that a woman's happiness and freedom in life depends on what a man will allow her to have, and it really took a strong woman to overcome the injustice shown to them. From Amy Lowell's poetry, I can tell that she had a passion for changing women's lives. The way she describes the free movement of the flowers blowing in the wind and the contrast with the image of a stiff brocade dress really helps you understand how she feels. Unfortunately, he had to continue with his "patterned" lifestyle for longer than he hoped. I, on the other hand, am free to choose my own path, or to invent a new one.