Valentine Flashcards
(5 cards)
Power of love quotes valentine
“I give you an onion” repetition
“It will blind you with tears”
“Like a lover”
“Its fierce kiss will stay on your lips”
“Possessive and faithful”
“As we are”
“For as long as we are”
“Its scent will cling to your fingers”
“Cling to your knife”
Love quotes valentine
“Not a red rose or a satin heart”
“I give you an onion” repeptition
“It is a moon wrapped in brown paper”
“It promises light”
“Like the careful undressing of love”
“Not a cute card or a kissogram”
“Possessive and faithful”
“As we are, for as long as we are”
“Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding ring”
Death / violence of love quotes valentine
“Not a red rose pr satin heart”
“I give you an onion”
“Bind you with tears”
“Scent will cling to you fingers,”
“Cling to your knife”
Form and structure valentine
Does not follow established poetic form = unconventional
Lines relatively short = not as descriptive as usual love poems
Small stanza can be seen to act as the thin layers of onion, each one peeling off ws you go to next stanza
Poet valentine
Carol Ann Duffy