Valentine

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A2 Level English Literature Mind Map on Valentine, created by Jess Button on 19/05/2013.
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Valentine
  1. Not a red rose or satin heart.
    1. Contrast to the title
      1. Juxtaposed
      2. Red
        1. Passion
        2. Dissaproving statement
          1. Negative
            1. Satin
              1. Dresses
                1. Lingere
              2. I give you an onion.
                1. First reference to a metaphor for love
                  1. Extended throughout the poem
                  2. Humerous in comparison to red roses and satin hearts
                    1. Red onion
                      1. Passion
                        1. Love
                          1. Layers
                        2. It is a moon wrapped in brown paper.
                          1. Moon
                            1. Cycles
                              1. Menustration
                              2. Tides
                                1. Associated with love songs and sexuality
                                  1. Said to influence women's moods and emotions
                                    1. Moon making her emotional/crazy
                                    2. Brown paper
                                      1. Gifts
                                    3. It promises light
                                      1. Moonlight
                                        1. Full Moon
                                          1. Romantic
                                      2. Like the careful undressing of love.
                                        1. Careful
                                          1. Tender
                                          2. undressing
                                            1. Passion
                                              1. Romance
                                                1. Physical
                                                  1. Emotional
                                                2. Here.
                                                  1. Demand
                                                    1. Order
                                                      1. Blunt
                                                        1. Stopped short
                                                        2. It will blind you with tears
                                                          1. Tears
                                                            1. Crying
                                                              1. Onions make you cry
                                                                1. Love makes you cry
                                                              2. Blind
                                                                1. Tears from peeling onion
                                                                  1. Love being blind
                                                                2. like a lover.
                                                                  1. It will make your reflection
                                                                    1. Are you recognisable to yourself before love?
                                                                      1. Becoming someone else
                                                                        1. Changing
                                                                          1. He won't be able to look at his reflection without feeling grief
                                                                            1. Wobbling
                                                                              1. Love distorts reality
                                                                            2. a wobbling photo of grief.
                                                                              1. I am trying to be truthful.
                                                                                1. Single stopped line reinforces statement
                                                                                  1. Harsh T sound
                                                                                    1. Cutting
                                                                                      1. Knife
                                                                                    2. Angry
                                                                                    3. Not a cute card or kissogram.
                                                                                      1. Manmade items
                                                                                        1. Juxtaposes with line before
                                                                                          1. Makes this line sound untruthful
                                                                                      2. I give you an onion.
                                                                                        1. Repetition
                                                                                          1. Reminder of gift
                                                                                        2. It's fierce kiss will stay on your lips
                                                                                          1. Memory
                                                                                            1. Mark
                                                                                              1. Brand
                                                                                              2. Extended metaphor
                                                                                                1. Sibilance
                                                                                                  1. Kissing sound
                                                                                                    1. Onomatopoeic effect
                                                                                                  2. possessive and faithful
                                                                                                    1. Possessive
                                                                                                      1. Negative
                                                                                                        1. Clingy
                                                                                                          1. Can't trust
                                                                                                          2. Faithful
                                                                                                            1. Positive
                                                                                                              1. Don't cheat
                                                                                                                1. Trust
                                                                                                                2. Taste lingers like love
                                                                                                                3. as we are,
                                                                                                                  1. Suggests that love is temporary but the overwhelming scent of the onion lasts longer. Maybe it suggests that lovers should only stay together as long as they are passionate. Reinforced by stopped line.
                                                                                                                  2. for as long as we are.
                                                                                                                    1. Take it.
                                                                                                                      1. Reinforced
                                                                                                                        1. Blunt
                                                                                                                          1. Command
                                                                                                                          2. It's platinum loops shrink to a wedding-ring,
                                                                                                                            1. Platinum
                                                                                                                              1. Strong
                                                                                                                                1. Doesn't break
                                                                                                                                  1. Expensive
                                                                                                                                  2. Onions have layers that look like rings
                                                                                                                                    1. Internal sense of rhyme links sense of concentric rings
                                                                                                                                      1. Hint to marry?
                                                                                                                                        1. Rings
                                                                                                                                          1. Entrapment
                                                                                                                                            1. Cycles
                                                                                                                                              1. Moon
                                                                                                                                          2. if you like.
                                                                                                                                            1. Reinforces negativity
                                                                                                                                              1. Onus placed on the listener
                                                                                                                                              2. Blunt
                                                                                                                                              3. Lethal.
                                                                                                                                                1. Blunt
                                                                                                                                                  1. Powerful
                                                                                                                                                    1. Love can be lethal
                                                                                                                                                    2. It's scent will cling to your fingers,
                                                                                                                                                      1. Guilty
                                                                                                                                                        1. Cross rhyme connects repetition
                                                                                                                                                          1. Ambiguous ending
                                                                                                                                                            1. Implies threat
                                                                                                                                                            2. cling to your knife.
                                                                                                                                                              1. Love doesn't last
                                                                                                                                                                1. Responsibility
                                                                                                                                                                  1. Knife
                                                                                                                                                                    1. Weapon for a jelous lover
                                                                                                                                                                  2. Carol Ann Duffy
                                                                                                                                                                    1. Poet Loriet
                                                                                                                                                                      1. Represents poets in Britain
                                                                                                                                                                      2. Lesbian
                                                                                                                                                                        1. Feminist
                                                                                                                                                                          1. Written a collection of poems for different viewpoints of women in history
                                                                                                                                                                          2. Title
                                                                                                                                                                            1. Romantic
                                                                                                                                                                              1. Cute
                                                                                                                                                                                1. Soppy
                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Sweet
                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Love
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