Valentine

Question 1

poet

Answer 1

carol ann duffy

Question 2

date

Answer 2

1993

Question 3

3 quotes

Answer 3

• it is a moon wrapped in brown paper
• Take it. // Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding-ring
• Its scent will cling to your fingers, cling to your knife

Question 4

context

Answer 4

• wrote the poem in response to a challenge from a radio presenter who asked her to write an ORIGINAL poem for Valentines day
• she was first published at 15 and was the first female poet laureate -> she defies the literary norm just like her poetry
• challenges the stereotypical view of a valentines gift
• her own life was very unconventional, at a young age she was dating a poet who was many years her senior