1. Imagery in 'Valentine'

2. Not a red rose or a satin heart
"red" & "satin" : Color imagery, symbolizes the lust and love
"rose" & "heart" : 'Cliche' for love, contrast to onion
a moon wrapped in brown paper
"moon" : creates romantic mood in the poem
"brown paper" : juxtaposition, symbolizes the mixed feelings and opinions that Duffy has for love
"wrapped" : romantic moon, smothered by the dull encasing of a paper bag
It promises light
"light" : positive imagery, contradicts the brown paper
careful undressing of love
"careful undressing" : shows that love is delicate
"undressing of love" : love has lots of layers

3. your reflection a wobbling photo of grief
Blind you with tears
"blind you with tears" : positive and negative imagery as could mean with happiness or with sadness - pain that love can bring
your reflection a wobbling photo of grief
"your reflection" : personal to the reader. "reflection" = nostalgia
"photo of grief" : creates the image in the mind of the reader, makes them feel as if they were there, feeling the grief
"wobbling" : could represent the instability on their relationship

4. Note a cute card or a kissogram
"cute card" & "kissogram" : 'cliche' of love, links to first line. sterotypical
an onion
"an onion" : reoccurring imagery, represents love negatively (according to Duffy)
its fierce kiss
"fierce" : a contrast to kiss, violent connotations of love

5. Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding ring
"shrink to a wedding ring" : negative connotations of marriage
"platinum loops" : colour imagery - token of commitment (links with 'wedding ring'
Its scent will cling to your fingers
"scent" : olfactory imagery (smell imagery)
"cling" negative, possessive, desperate, symbolises how love can 'haunt' someone
cling to your knife
"knife" : violent imagery, is a warning to those reading the poem that love can be dangerous - suggest a heartbreak can't be destroyed