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Valentine (Sibilance ('fierce kiss', 'kissogram', '…
Valentine
Sibilance
'fierce kiss'
'kissogram'
'possessive '
'lips'
"as we are, for as long as we are."
Concept is unconventional
Relationship is unconventional?
Onion is a conceit (Extended metaphor)
"Not a red rose or a satin heart"
"Not a cute card or a kissogram"
Qualities in a relationship
'Careful'
'Truthful'
'Possessive
'faithful'
'Knife'
Death
Protection
End of relationship?
Imagery of Death- Till death do us part?
Relationship won't last?
Themes
Love
Lust
It is philosophical, hopeful and persuasive
Death imagery
"For as long as we are
'Lethal"
'knife'
Mood
Affectionate
Loving
Passionate
Onion represents relationship
'It will blind you with tears"
arguments and happy moments (ambiguous)
"Its scent will cling to your fingers"
'Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding ring'
Strong and long lasting
"Like the careful undressing of love
Sexual connotations
Opening up to someone
It is a slow sensitive process
Links to previously mentioned brown paper
Imperative verbs
'Take it'
'I give'
Suggests that relationship may be possessive or violent
'Wedding ring'
Marriage
Eternity
Till death do us part
Similies
"Like the careful undressing of love"
"Like a lover"
Light and dark imagery
Light
'Moon'
'light'
Dark
'blind'
'moon' has connotations of night time
"It is a moon wrapped in brown paper"
brown paper is a functional gift wrap
moon is a guiding light
Uncertainty
'If you like'
'A wobbling photo of grief' (Temporary)
Poetic voice
Personal and reflective
Modal verbs
'It will'
Suggest certainty
Synaesthesia
All senses mixed up
All senses are mentioned in the poem
Modern poem
Carol Ann Duffy
Emphatic lines- Not cliché