Valentine Flashcards
(9 cards)
“Lethal”
Powerful word connotations of pain/death suggests love can be dangerous (nature of relationships, conflict/pain)
“Not a red Rose or a Satin Heart”
Poem called ‘valentine’ normally associated with with love hearts flowers etc, opening word ‘not’ emphasises rejection of traditional ideas of love (nature of change)
“It’s platinum loops will shrink to a wedding ring”
Platinum is strong,expensive suggesting strong relationship, wedding connotations of love and commitment, shrink suggests relationships deteriorate after marriage, feeling trapped in marriage (nature of love, nature of relationships, nature of change, conflict/pain)
“It will blind you with tears like a lover”
Blind suggests partners don’t notice each others flaws-only see positive, in the same way onions can make you cry so can a relationship cause you distress, upset and misery (nature of love, nature of relationships, reality/truth, conflict/pain)
“I am trying to be truthful”
Trying to give an honest/truthful representation of love, trying to show what relationships are really like (presentation of character/role of place to show theme, reality/truth)
“For as long as we are”
Suggests acknowledgment relationships will come to an end (presentation of character/role of place to show theme, reality/truth)
“Cling to your knife”
Knife has connotations of bile be and hurt, may suggest cutting ties at the end of relationships, the hurt love can cause and the idea of betrayal/revenge (conflict/pain)
“Possessive and faithful as we are”
Possessive had connotations of control and jealousy whereas faithful has connotations of trust and loyalty (nature of relationships, presentation of character/role of place to show theme)
“I give you an onion”
Duffy begins extended metaphor of comparing love/relationships to an onion, deliberately chooses an unusual item to challenge ideas of love (reality/truth)
