Commentary on "Valentine" by Carol Ann Duffy Carol Ann Duffy talks of an unorthodox love in her poem “Valentine”‚ where she compares love to an onion. The narrator finds that gift givers portray love incorrectly when she mentions typical Valentine’s Day gifts. The poem is an extended metaphor of love being an onion‚ and she thinks of love as a violent emotion rather than a peaceful one. The narrator compares love to an onion in her poem "Valentine" to show that her opinion of love is unconventional
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Valentine Valentine By Carol Ann Duffy By Carol Ann Duffy Valentine is a love poem written by Carol Ann Duffy. Throughout the poem she compares love to an onion. She does this by using different techniques such as imagery ‚ word structure and of course by using poetic devices. All these techniques help her make this poem so special and unusual‚ and it helps her to describe her own points of view about love. ‘Not a red rose or a satin heart.’ Is the first line of the poem. The poet creates
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How does Carol Ann Duffy use language and imagery to explore love. Throughout the poem ‘Valentine’ love is explored in different ways for example in the first stanza ‘careful undressing of love’ has various meanings‚ one being the comparison of the onion which is supposed to mirror her heart‚ the core of her love; to get to her heart you have to take time to remove each layer of emotion in contrast to an onion where to get to the core you have to remove the layers of skin. You must be careful with
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Conclusion of Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy Duffy uses an onion in her poem as she shows how this object can represent the positive aspect of love. In this poem she is saying that her love is different and unique. The first stanza tells us she is not giving what would be typically labelled as love like ’a red rose’. Instead‚ she gives an onion. An onion is very unusual gift to give to someone you care about. Although onions are acidic‚ smelly and not very appealing‚ she makes connection by comparing
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“Valentine” is a controversial love poem written by Carol Ann Duffy. Throughout the poem the poetess compares love to an onion and she does that by using a variety of techniques such as imagery‚ symbolism‚ word choice and structure. All these techniques justify why “Valentine” is an unusual love-poem as they help the poet express her different point of view. Overall‚ the poem is unusual as its title mistakenly leads the reader into thinking that the poem will be typical. I felt deeply moved by the
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In the poem Valentine‚ written by Carol Ann Duffy‚ the author uses and extended metaphor of an onion. Instead of a cute love card‚ flowers or even chocolate‚ Duffy suggest more of an originality is needed. Carol Ann Duffy creates impacts through an unusually gift of the onion. She challenges our minds about love‚ in a surprising‚ creative and unique way. Carol Ann Duffy starts off the poem with a negative‚ “Not a red rose or a satin heart. I give you an onion.” Duffy takes the usually gifts away
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The poem Valentine is written by Carol Ann Duffy. Throughout the Poem she shows the positive and negative sides about love by comparing love to an onion. She does this by using different techniques such as language features such as metaphors‚ simlies‚ Imagery and word structure. All these techniques make it interesting because she uses an onion as a girft to represent love and relationships. In the begining of the poem Duffy starts off with a negative in opening line. "Not a red rose or a satin
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‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy Pupil Unit Includes Formative Assessment Strategies [pic] Critical Essay: Poetry ‘Valentine’ by Carol Anne Duffy [pic] By the end of this Unit you will be able to write Critical Essays on the poem ‘Valentine’. You will be able to write relevantly about the central concern(s)/theme(s) of the poem and be able to support your views by reference to appropriate poetic techniques. You will learn about/revise the following
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Carol Ann Duffy decided to write poems about two secluded women who are both bizarre and both reclusive‚ but for very different reasons. I would like to show how Carol Ann presented those distinctions and similarities. To begin with‚ the tone of the poem is very different Salome’s tone is somewhat nonchalant and Havisham’s tone is disheartening. In Havisham‚ Carol Ann Duffy uses alliteration to emphasise Ms Havisham’s hatred and frustration‚ by using the repetition of the fierce ‘b’ sound which
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“TO HIS COY MISTRESS” by Andrew Marvell THEME: Time‚ Love and Sex In his poem the author tries to convey that if there was enough time‚ he and his beloved could go on courting forever‚ but times goes by quickly. Therefore‚ as he wants her to have sex with him‚ he states that they must squeeze their joys to the present because there is no time to be coy and aloof. LANGUAGE: Figurative The poet uses figurative language to add feeling and mood to what he wants to say to his mistress. Many
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