‘Valentine' and ‘Stealing', By Carol-Ann Duffy
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In ‘Valentine' and ‘Stealing', Carol-Ann Duffy uses an extended metaphor which helps the reader relate to what the poet is trying to get across, and to understand what the feelings are of the narrator.
Both poems also focus on the thoughts and emotions of the ‘speaker', both are structured as conversational pieces, meaning you could just use it to talk to someone, and could imagine the reactions of the person they're talking to. Duffy also never reveals the sex or identity of either person.
In ‘Valentine' she uses an onion to explain love, going from the idea that it's really romantic, to how it's lethal.
"It's a moon wrapped in brown paper" for an example. Duffy was using a moon because it's nearly always associated with romance in films and movies.
The "brown paper" is the skin of the onion, meaning that she's being careful to mention all of the aspects of the onion, and the fact that it's......

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Title: 'Valentine' And 'Stealing' - By Carol Ann Duffy
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