The Pattern (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards

Fear of inheriting parents' traits & escaping family patterns

Sewing patterns & cyclical family behaviours/expectations

Sewing machine, wedding band, photos, sting of her hand

Ongoing battles between mother & daughter, not isolated

By relationships (mother, wife, sister, daughter) not as individuals

Lavender polish percolating through flat

Becoming like her mother - trapped in similar cycles

Over my dead body anyone harms a hair of your head

Three new copybooks, bronze nib, St Christopher

Steel needles sparked and clacked

Moss Green, Mustard, Beige - sensible, practical shades

Robe of a colour so pure it became a word

Reflects complexity of breaking free from family patterns

Irish poet from Dublin with working-class family background

Transforms everyday objects into symbols of women's experiences