Valentine Flashcards

(3 cards)

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Form

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No regular stanza length- several of one line- makes poem feel disjointed
Not a traditional love poem
Free verse

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Structure

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Lists the way an onion symbolizes love, words built up and repeated throughout the poem.
Tone initially playful
Enjambment

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3
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Language

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Dangerous ‘lethal, fierce, blind’
Direct address
Extended metaphor

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