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Flashcards in Valentine Deck (5)
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1
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Form / Structure

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  • free verse
  • irregular stanzas
  • one voice
2
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Imagery

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NOT A RED ROSE OR A SATIN HEART
- artificial love
I GIVE YOU AN ONION
IT IS A MOON WRAPPED ON BROWN PAPER
-authentic love
-reveals / conceals
LIKE THE CAREFUL UNDRESSING OF LOVE
-erotic image
- revealing the unseen beauty
LIKE PLATINUM HOOPS SHRINK TO A WEDDING RING
-eternal circle or a manacle
- rare valuable - materialistic - religious connotations
3
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Language

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• Onion implies truth - reveals - layers of meaning
• Repetition of “will” 
- promise
- contract 
- relates to wedding rings
4
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Mood

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Negative tone
On voice and one narrative
- ambiguity of love

6
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Soundscape

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No rhyme
- expresses ambiguity of love
Lots of sibilance - reflect violence, possessiveness