Valentine Flashcards
Not a red rose or a satin heart
The negative adverb at the start forcefully rejects sugary sweet and romantic symbols of love
I give you an onion. It is a moon wrapped brown paper
An onion is shaped like the moon, which is a symbol of love. An onion is bitter though plain and dull
It will blind you with tears like a lover
The speaker is saying that love is bitter and hurtful and overwhelming (blind)
Not a cute card or kissogram
These are popular, merchandised ways of showing that you love someone and the speaker is forcefully rejecting them again
It’s fierce kiss will stay on your lips
Love makes a permanent mark
Possessive and faithful as we are for as long as we are
‘Possessive’ suggests jealousy and ‘faithful’ suggests loyalty, so there is good and bad in love but ‘for as long as we are’ suggests that love doesn’t last
‘Take it’
This is a command to us
Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding ring
Marriage is constricting
Lethal
Love is harmful, deadly
