Valentine 1993 *

Question 1

context

Answer 1

• has had eterozexual relationship - is a mother
• now in a longterm relationship wiht a woman
• looks at love form different point of view - challanges heternormatve ideas of love
• wrote this whilst still in marriage to man - felt trapped

Question 2

paras for if seen

Answer 2

• unconventional descriptional
• powerful love
• dangerous

Question 3

poems to comapre with

Answer 3

• She walks in beauty
• sonnet 43

Question 4

paras for comparison with sonnet 43

Answer 4

• both desribe a passionate love
• however valentine more nuanced, sonnet 43 glorifies love
• however valentine more realistsic

Question 5

para 1

sonnet 43

Answer 5

passionate:
- “blind you with tears”
- “fierce kiss will stay on your lips”
- “possessive and faithful”
- “lethal”
- “scent will cling to your fingers, cling to your knife”

Question 6

para 2

sonnet 43

Answer 6

nuanced:
- “Not a red rose or a satin heart”
- “not a cute card or a kissogram”
- “moon wrapped in brown paper”

Question 7

para 3

sonnet 43

Answer 7

realistic:
- “careful undressing of love”
- “I am trying to be truthful”
- “it’s platinum loops shrink to a weddign ring” “lethal”
- “for as long as we are”

Question 8

paras for comaprison with she walks in beauty

Answer 8

• both describe a passionate love
• she walks in beauty very idealised love,
• she walks in beauty focuses on physical

Question 9

para 1

swib

Answer 9

passionate:
- “blind you with tears”
- “fierce kiss will stay on your lips”
- “possessive and faithful”
- “lethal”
- “scent will cling to your fingers, cling to your knife”

Question 10

para 2

swib

Answer 10

realistic love vs idealised:
- “careful undressing of love”
- “I am trying to be truthful”
- “it’s platinum loops shrink to a weddign ring” “lethal”
- “for as long as we are”

Question 11

para 3

swib