Valentine- Carol Ann Duffy (Love)

Question 1

Not a red rose or a satin heart

Answer 1

Two very typical symbols of love, cliche and lack meaning

Question 2

I give you an onion

Answer 2

Strange gift of love, different to most gifts. Shows the untraditional view she had on love

Question 3

Moon wrapped in brown paper

Answer 3

Like the onion, plain and unsentimental gift

Question 4

Blind you with tears

Answer 4

Love will hurt you aswell as make you happy, the onion will also bring you to tears

Question 5

A wobbling photo of grief

Answer 5

The onion symbolises the way live can cause pain. ‘Blind’ and ‘grief’ are negative unlike most traditional valentines messages

Question 6

Fierce kiss will stay on your lips

Answer 6

Shows possession just like the scent and taste of an oinion

Question 7

It’s scent will cling to your fingers, cling to your knife

Answer 7

The repeated word ‘cling’ gives the image of the scent of an onion clinging to your knife. Shows that love can be possessive and suffocating