VALENTINE

• • "Not a red rose or a satin heart."
  • dismisses stereotypical valentines gifts
• • "wobbling photo of grief"
  • metaphor- referring to reflection in ones eyes
• • "I give you an onion"
  • repetition- desperation of the speaker, she wants her token of love to be accepted
• • "like the careful undressing of love"
  • simile compares the shedding of onion layers to delving into a relationship
• • "possessive and faithful"
  • contrasting the negative and positive aspects of love
• • "Lethal."
  • short sentence suggests that love can be dangerous and violent
• • "It is a moon wrapped in brown paper"
  • contrasting metaphor, the moon suggest romance but brown paper suggests a mundane item, showing the authors idea of love