Valentine Flashcards
Context on Carol Ann Duffy
Contemporary _______ S_______ poet
Part of the ______ community
Eloped at __
Duffy was a r______ ________ interested in _______
Tony Blair found her to be too _______ to be poet ________ initially
Eventually become poet ________ from 2___ until 2___
Contemporary lesbian Scottish poet
Part of the LGBTQ+ community
Eloped at 15
Duffy was a radical feminist interested in protest
Tony Blair found her to be too radical to be poet Laureate initially
Eventually become poet Laureate from 2009 until 2019
Context on Carol Ann Duffy
Original poem written in ____ for _____ station on Valentine’s Day
Duffy’s writing explores g____, o_________ and s________
______ perspective on ____ poetry
She had ________ viewpoint on ___________ love
Original poem written in 1993 for radio station on Valentine’s Day
Duffy’s writing explores gender, opposition and sexuality
Modern perspective on love poetry
She had critical viewpoint on traditional love
Quotes/Form/Structure of the Poem
U____________ ____ poem
___ a s_____
__ r______ scheme
Use of ____ _____ mimics rhythm of _______ speech suggesting poet’s ____ ideas
Link to her _________
Unconventional love poem
Not a sonnet
No rhyming scheme
Use of free verse mimics rhythm of natural speech suggesting poet’s free ideas
Link to her Lesbianism
Quotes/Form/Structure of the Poem
Duffy throughout the poem _______ the t__________ ideology of ____ and its c_________, m____________ items ‘___ a red ____’ ‘___ a cute ____’
These ________ constructions suggest love in poem is b_____ t______ and t__________
Duffy throughout the poem rejects the traditional ideology of love and its commercial, materialistic items ‘Not a red rose’ ‘Not a cute card’
These Negative constructions suggest love in poem is beyond typical and traditional
Quotes/Form/Structure of the Poem
In the ____ stanza Duffy creates _______ imagery to show a u_____, ‘______’ perspective of ____
This ___ _______ line highlights that love is _____ and can ______ very easily
In the last stanza Duffy creates violent imagery to show a unique, ‘lethal’ perspective of love
This end stopped line highlights that love is deadly and can broken very easily
Quotes/Imagery of the Poem
Duffy elevates the ‘_____’ the persona has given to the r_____ comparing it to a ‘____’
This ________ ________ shows an a______ expression of ____ suggesting the poem ___‘t about a ____________ relationship
Suggests that love is _____-_______ and n______
Comparing the ‘_____’ to a ‘____’ implies that love is _______ and ____________
Duffy elevates the ‘onion’ the persona has given to the reader comparing it to a ‘moon’
This extended metaphor shows an atypical expression of love suggesting the poem isn’t about a heterosexual relationship
Suggests that love is multi-layered and natural
Comparing the ‘onion’ to a ‘moon’ implies that love is special and otherworldly
Quotes/Imagery of the Poem
Duffy continues to explore the _____ an ‘_____’ has with its ‘______ ____’ p___________ it as the persona’s _____
Duffy suggesting the strong _____ of ‘onions’ can stay on your ____ and ______ for a ____ time
Suggesting love can be a_________ and d_________
Duffy continues to explore the power an ‘onion’ has with its ‘fierce kiss’ personifying it as the persona’s lover
Duffy suggesting the strong taste of ‘onions’ can stay on your lips and breath for a long time
Suggesting love can be aggressive and dominating
Quotes/Imagery of the Poem
Duffy’s single, more ________ reference to __________ love occurs in the _____ stanza
Poet implies ‘______’ ‘_______ loops ______ to a _______-____’
‘P_______’ makes the ‘_____’ feel ______, ________ and m____________
But Duffy is implying that strong traditional ideas of love are ____ ________ than the _____________ love the _______ is offering
The ‘_______ ____’ makes their ____ for each other ______
Duffy’s single, more positive reference to traditional love occurs in the final stanza
Poet implies ‘onions’ ‘platinum loops shrink to a wedding-ring’
‘Platinum’ makes the ‘onion’ feel strong, valuable and materialistic
But Duffy is implying that strong traditional ideas of love are less valuable than the unconstrained love the persona is offering
The ‘wedding ring’ makes their love for each other shrink
Quotes/Language of the Poem
Duffy depicts the ‘_____’ as a ‘_______’ of ______________ love with its layers ‘like the _______ __________ of love’
S_____ creates ______ intimacy, which is emphasised by the v___ ‘__________’ alluding to the _________ of love
Furthermore it could also link to e________ b_________ that are present at the _________ of a relationship and it time it takes to slowly remove those ______ like p______ an ‘_____’
However the word ‘______’ is slightly __________ as it could suggest that love is _______ and can be easily ______
Duffy depicts the ‘onion’ as a ‘promise’ of unconventional love with its layers ‘like the careful undressing of love’
Simile creates sexual intimacy, which is emphasised by the verb ‘undressing’ alluding to the positives of love
Furthermore it could also link to emotional boundaries that are present at the beginning of a relationship and it time it takes to slowly remove those layers like peeling an ‘onion’
However the word ‘promise’ is slightly misleading as it could suggest that love is fragile and can be easily broken
Quotes/Language of the Poem
Duffy highlights the persona’s _______ to the lover by ‘______ to be ________.’ This ___ _______ line suggests Duffy wants the reader to understand the ____________ of this sentence. The verb ‘______’ suggests that perhaps h_______ and love don’t always go together due to ________
It could also suggest that _________ love isn’t always _____ compared to how it is portrayed in most ____ poetry making it have connotations to _________ and _______
Duffy highlights the persona’s honesty to the lover by ‘trying to be truthful.’ This end stopped line suggests Duffy wants the reader to understand the significance of this sentence. The verb ‘trying’ suggests that perhaps honestly and love don’t always go together due to hardship
It could also suggest that realistic love isn’t always happy compared to how it is portrayed in most love poetry making it have connotations to deception and secrecy
Quotes/Language of the Poem
In the final ___ stanzas of the poem Duffy portrays love as ‘__________’ and c__________. The persona ______ the reader to ‘____’ the gift of an ‘_____.’ This i_________ gives the poem a s_______ f____ of _______ highlighting the f_______ and un___________ n_____ of love. It also makes the reader question the persona’s ____________ suggesting that perhaps it is ___-_____ and ________.
In the final two stanzas of the poem Duffy portrays love as ‘possessive’ and controlling. The persona orders the reader to ‘take’ the gift of an ‘onion.’ This imperative gives the poem a semantic field of control highlighting the forceful and uncooperative nature of love. It also makes the reader question the persona’s relationship suggesting that perhaps it is one-sided and insecure.
Develop some more ideas for me about the poem
Initially, Duffy expresses love as _______ by giving an ‘_____’ to the reader creating an ________ tone, however as the poem tears back its ______ we see that love has become ________ and _________ from the persona suggesting the love is ___-_____ and c__________ creating a ________ tone
Initially, Duffy expresses love as sincere by giving an ‘onion’ to the reader creating an intimate tone, however as the poem tears back its layers we see that love has become deranged and insistent from the persona suggesting the love is one-sided and controlling creating a forceful tone
Overall themes of the Poem
L___ and R____________
N_______ E_______
Love and Relationships
Negative Emotions
