Valentine A Romantic Poem by Carol Ann Duffy (Song Version) Part 3

Описание: “Valentine” is a poem by Carol Ann Duffy (often misspelled as “Carol Daffy”), first published in 1993. The poem challenges traditional ideas of romantic love by rejecting clichés like roses and cards and instead offering an onion as a symbol of love. Through this extended metaphor, Duffy presents love as intense, honest, and sometimes painful: the onion represents passion, intimacy, and commitment, but also tears, vulnerability, and potential hurt. As the poem progresses, the tone shifts from tender and seductive to darker and more confrontational, showing how love can become possessive or destructive as well as beautiful.

Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955) is a Scottish poet and was the UK Poet Laureate from 2009 to 2019, the first woman and the first openly LGBTQ+ poet to hold the role. Her work is known for its accessible language, strong emotional voice, and focus on relationships, identity, and power. In Valentine, Duffy’s style is clear and direct, but layered with meaning, encouraging readers to rethink what love really involves—not idealized romance, but truth, intensity, and emotional risk.

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