Valentine

Question 1

Not a

Answer 1

red rose or a satin heart

Question 2

I give you

Answer 2

an onion

Question 3

It is a moon

Answer 3

wrapped in brown paper

Question 4

It promises

Answer 4

light

Question 5

It will blind

Answer 5

you with tears

Question 6

I am trying

Answer 6

to be truthful

Question 7

fierce

Answer 7

‘possessive’

‘faithful’

Question 8

Take

Answer 8

it

Question 9

Its scent will

Answer 9

cling to your fingers, cling to your knife.

Question 10

Context

Answer 10

Duffy liked to break conventions and in the poem, she does just this by portraying the negative side of love and criticising society for materialistic views

She also encouraged readers to see alternative points of view on topics which she wrote about.

Poetry is often feminist in its themes and approach

Question 11

Form/Structure

Answer 11

The poem is very different to traditional poems. For example stanzas of irregular length and only one line long make the poem seen disjointed

The prom is a list of ways the Onion symbolises love. Words and ideas are repeated throughout which could mirror that the different layers of an onion is the meaning of love is gradually revealed