Valentine (relationships and sex) Flashcards
(9 cards)
1
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Structure
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- Free verse
- Tercets with single line refrains (conveys the use of memory to reflect something. stream of consciousness common in modern literature)
- The first stanza follows 9 syllables, the second follows 8, the third follows 6.
- In stanza 1 the man is described as being in physical pain, wheras in stanza 2 the woman is in emotional pain (follows typical gender roles)
2
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‘the water torture of your heels’
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- Love and pain are interlinked in their relationship.
- Physical pain from her walking away.
- Use of proxemics, her getting further away could symbolize the ending of their relationship.
3
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‘emptying […] evacuated as the channels of our hearts’
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- Sense of unfuffilment in their relationship.
4
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‘the swing of tassles on your skirt […] the curve of your hip’
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- Intimate imagery of her body + appearance. They’re only sustainin their relationship through sex.
5
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‘wet lashes’
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- Continuation of water imagery. Suggests that she’s been crying.
6
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‘wrecked voyagers’
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- Suggests the impossibility of rekindling their relationship. They try to fix it through sex. Imagery of the sea + shipwrecks.
7
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Use of enjambment stanza 4.
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- Makes the sentance flow much more and speeds up the line, shows how quickly the reality of their breakup came around.
8
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‘whether to laugh or weep’
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- Instability in their emotional connection
9
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‘That my valentine, will be the one I keep’
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- Direct adress. Comedic + reflecting on his ‘valentine trip’ to Paris. Ironic nod to the past + saying goodbye.
