valentine

Question 1

what is this poem about?

Answer 1

rejects stereotypical love tokens and gives an onion
more comparisons of love than the objects like a “red rose”

Question 2

context?

Answer 2

explores the role of conflict in relationships /dark side to relationships
perspective of a hurt lover
Challenges stereotypes

Question 3

allitteration?

Answer 3

“red rose”,”cute card” - sarcastic tone

Question 4

metaphor?

Answer 4

it is a moon wrapped in brown paper, fierce kiss - a smell ans stench that would cling onto you

Question 5

similie?

Answer 5

it will blind you with tears like a lover, not a good idea of a relationship

Question 6

irregular?

Answer 6

like the ups and the downs of a relationship

Question 7

enjabment?

Answer 7

possesive and faithful - creates pace of the poem

Question 8

tone and mood?

Answer 8

agressive/warning - this person has been hurt
sarcastic
controlling

Question 9

message?

Answer 9

love is not all hearts and flowers
honesty “i am trying to be truthful”
tokens are artificial

Question 10

“you”

Answer 10

first person and second person to show how many people are in this relationship

Question 11

onion?

Answer 11

metaphor - love is more complex shown by the onion as it has layers

Question 12

“here.”?

Answer 12

reinforces authority - the readers are told not to ignore

Question 13

tears and lover?

Answer 13

half rymes - draws attention to the concrete nouns - shows that there is pain within this poem

Question 14

second use of the cute card?

Answer 14

cyclical - speakers inability to be able to move on

Question 15

imperatives?

Answer 15

take it - this shows the person in the love shoudl take the onion

Question 16

what is a similarity between these poems?

Answer 16

they deal with the troubled thoughts of individuals in romantic relationships

Question 17

evidence for both of the poems conveying a sense of urgencey?

Answer 17

Anaphora of the word “it” - poem more of a list
when they offer a gift they instruct them to “Take it”

Question 18

evidence for both poems conveying a sense of urgencey(I wanna be yours)

Answer 18

potrays being desperate by repeating the phrase “I wanna be yours”

Question 19

what is a another similarity between these poems?

Answer 19

they use imagery to convey a sense of danger - love can be “blind with “tears” and “lethal”

Question 20

what is another similarity of both poems(I wanna be yours)

Answer 20

convey darker emotions like “Let me be your raincoat”

Question 21

what is a third similarity?

Answer 21

they both use object to symbolise there passion - “fierce kiss”

Question 22

third similarity (i wanna be yours)

Answer 22

“electric meter” and “coffee pot”

Question 23

A difference between i wanna be yours and valentine?

Answer 23

one poem is obsessive with love and one is being realistic

Question 24

what is the first difference(valentine)

Answer 24

” i am trying to be truthful” - honest potrayel whilst i wanna be yours consists of a hyperbolic list ad they want to belong to there lover