Valentine

Question 1

Not a red rose or a satin heart

Answer 1

The negative adverb at the start forcefully rejects sugary sweet and romantic symbols of love

Question 2

I give you an onion. It is a moon wrapped brown paper

Answer 2

An onion is shaped like the moon, which is a symbol of love. An onion is bitter though plain and dull

Question 3

It will blind you with tears like a lover

Answer 3

The speaker is saying that love is bitter and hurtful and overwhelming (blind)

Question 4

Not a cute card or kissogram

Answer 4

These are popular, merchandised ways of showing that you love someone and the speaker is forcefully rejecting them again

Question 5

It’s fierce kiss will stay on your lips

Answer 5

Love makes a permanent mark

Question 6

Possessive and faithful as we are for as long as we are

Answer 6

‘Possessive’ suggests jealousy and ‘faithful’ suggests loyalty, so there is good and bad in love but ‘for as long as we are’ suggests that love doesn’t last

Question 7

‘Take it’

Answer 7

This is a command to us

Question 8

Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding ring

Answer 8

Marriage is constricting

Question 9

Lethal

Answer 9

Love is harmful, deadly