Poems Valentine Flashcards

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It is a moon wrapped in brown paper

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Just as the moon is associated with grand, romantic imagery, so the speaker wants the onion to be a symbol of their love

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Not a red rose or a satin heart

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Anaphora-Speaker rejecting traditional valentine gifts

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Like the careful undressing of love

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Just as you need to be careful when unwrapping an onion, so you need to take care when falling in love with someone

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It will blind you with tears like a lover

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Just as an onion can make you cry so much you cannot see, so your lover can make you blind to the rest of the world

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It will make your reflection a wobbling photo of grief

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Just as your reflection is wobbly in an onions skin, so the speaker is starting to feel unstable and unable to control their emotions

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I am trying to be truthful

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Only one line to emphasise that the onion is serious and not clichéd

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Not a cute card or a kissogram

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Anaphora

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It’s fierce kiss will stay on your lips

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Just as an onion has a strong taste in your mouth, so the speaker wants their love to be powerful and remembered

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Possessive and faithful-as we are

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Enjambment, separates the couple out making them seem unique and special

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9
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Take it.

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Caesura- shows the strength of the speaker’s feelings

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Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding-ring

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Just as an onion contains rings inside it so the speaker is building up their intent marry with a wedding ring

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If you like

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The speaker is beginning to show doubt

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12
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Lethal.

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Speaker is worried about the response they will get

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13
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Cling cling

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Repetition used to suggest the speaker is becoming possessive

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14
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Valentine is written in

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Free verse and first person

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