The Pattern-Meehan

Question 1

Little has been

Answer 1

Little has been passed down to me of hers

Question 2

I wish she’d

Answer 2

I wish she’d lasted longer,we might have made a new start

Question 3

I dreamt a robe

Answer 3

I dreamt a robe of colour/so pure it touched the world

Question 4

One of these days

Answer 4

One of these days,I must teach you to follow a pattern

Question 5

the sting

Answer 5

the sting of her hand

Question 6

and the coming

Answer 6

and the coming and going of ships

Question 7

wrapped

Answer 7

wrapped entirely in her own shadow/the world beyond her,already a dream,already lost

Question 8

Tongues

Answer 8

Tongues of flame in her dark eyes(Her bitter refusal to allow Meehan to escape the cycle of poverty) (Reminiscent of Meehan’s grandfathers ignorant,old-fashioned behaviour