Poems Valentine Flashcards
It is a moon wrapped in brown paper
Just as the moon is associated with grand, romantic imagery, so the speaker wants the onion to be a symbol of their love
Not a red rose or a satin heart
Anaphora-Speaker rejecting traditional valentine gifts
Like the careful undressing of love
Just as you need to be careful when unwrapping an onion, so you need to take care when falling in love with someone
It will blind you with tears like a lover
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
It will make your reflection a wobbling photo of grief
Just as your reflection is wobbly in an onions skin, so the speaker is starting to feel unstable and unable to control their emotions
I am trying to be truthful
Only one line to emphasise that the onion is serious and not clichéd
Not a cute card or a kissogram
Anaphora
It’s fierce kiss will stay on your lips
Just as an onion has a strong taste in your mouth, so the speaker wants their love to be powerful and remembered
Possessive and faithful-as we are
Enjambment, separates the couple out making them seem unique and special
Take it.
Caesura- shows the strength of the speaker’s feelings
Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding-ring
Just as an onion contains rings inside it so the speaker is building up their intent marry with a wedding ring
If you like
The speaker is beginning to show doubt
Lethal.
Speaker is worried about the response they will get
Cling cling
Repetition used to suggest the speaker is becoming possessive
Valentine is written in
Free verse and first person
