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Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy
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Mind Map on Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy, created by serinatatham on 18/02/2015.
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Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy
SUBJECT
a gift for a lover
an onion is a powerful gift of love
onion is a metaphor for love = poem is about love and gifts
FORM AND STRUCTURE
free verse
form echoes the form of an onion = layers
unconventional structure
Duffy's unconventional view
first person narrative
THEMES AND IDEAS
dismisses cliche ideas of love
love is dangerous
death of the relationship
'knife'
against marriage
unwanted
'cling'
LANGUAGE
simple and straight-forward
honest like love
doesn't need to be 'dressed up' in order for it to be special
'I give you an onion'
repeated
reinstating point
struggle at first but then understand and accept it
people won't want usual gift so have to be forced upon them
LINGUISTIC TECHNIQUES
alliteration
'cute card' and 'red rose'
lack of rhyme
unconventional view
IMAGERY
ROMANTIC
metaphor of 'moon'
glowing feeling at start of relationship
'brown paper'
gift
'not a...'
dismissing cliches
DIFFERENT kind of valentine
DANGER
'blind you with tears'
'fierce kiss'
'lethal'
'knife'
possessive
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