PURPLE PATCH

To have a purple patch means to have literary critics valued evenness of an exceptionally good luck. pace and style in literary works. Une

Example: After falling behind early, venly written texts were singled out the team hit a purple patch and scored for censure and ‘purple patch’ was the three quick goals to tie the game. ideal label for a passage that stood

Purple patch, which is also someout as overly florid. times called ‘purple passage’ or ‘purThe term then came to mean ‘a ple prose’, is originally a figurative refperiod of good fortune or creativity’. erence to florid literary passages, An early example is found in the added to a text for dramatic effect. newspaper The Westminster Budget,

For example: I don’t want to see a 1900: True, it is hardly to be counted a single purple patch in these research purple patch of history, but a man papers, class. Focus on communicatmust surely blame himself if he ing the facts! does not find f something epic in

The origin is a little e obscure the strug struggle. (of the common but could be based on the fact people) that Roman noblemen n and the Purple patches took a turn Pope wore purple togas. as. back from the figurative to the They were clearly excepepliteral in the 1960s when hiptional people, hence pies took to wearing purple the analogy. velvet and patching jeans vewi

The term ‘purple with it. ‘Hendrix purple’ patch’ wasn’t much is now a recognised used until the 18th s shade of dye in the fashcentury, at which time e ion industry