valentine- quote explanations

• “It is a moon wrapped in brown paper”

  • symbolic of romance(moonlit walks etc)
  • mood changes with the moon, not always constant like love
  • metaphor
  • ‘brown paper’ suggests love is inexpensive
  • spherical shape of moon could suggest eternal love never dying out
• “like the careful undressing of love”

  • simile
  • we “undress” an onion by peeling back its layers; like how we slowly reveal ourselves in a true relationship
  • also a possible sexual connotations with ‘undressing’
• “it will blind you with tears like a lover”

  • cutting an onion makes your eyes water, just like a relationship can make you cry
  • being in love is to be vulnerable with your partner
  • describing the good and bad of a relationship
• “i give you an onion. It’s fierce kiss will stay on your lips”

  • repetition
  • taste of a raw onion can be overpowering and will last on your breath
  • in love, your feelings can be so fierce that they turn to obsession or heartbreak and the pain can take a long time to heal.
• “take it. Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding-ring”

  • silver rings of an onion could symbolise a ‘wedding proposal’
  • verb ‘shrink’ may suggest the way relationships ‘shrink’ down into comfortable routines , unlike the initial exciting (and dangerous) start of a relationship.