Valentine Flashcards
Language
“Red rose, cute card” - semantic field linked to modern ideas of love, shows how superficial and materialistic love is.
“I give you an onion” metaphor of love as a complex and difficult thing but something that the modern world takes for granted
“It is the moon” symbolism of love that it needs a greater source of light for it to shine, therefore love needs effort for it to suffice
Structure
Anaphora of “not a” complexity of love
Line breaks of “if you like, lethal” relationship is unpredictable
Form
Free verse- non conventional forms of love
Context
Post modernism- deconstructing of modern ideas and irregularities in nature
Had a relationship for 15 years experienced hardships of love
Consumerism
Links
Sonnet 43