‘valentine’ by carol ann duffy

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1、‘Valentine’byCarolAnnDuffyNotaredroseorasatinheart.Igiveyouanonion.Itisamoonwrappedinbrownpaper.Itpromiseslightlikethecarefulundressingoflove.Here.Itwillblindyouwithtearslikealover.Itwillmakeyourreflectionawobblingphotoofgrief.Iamtryingtobetruthful.Notacutecardora

2、kissogram.Igiveyouanonion.Itsfiercekisswillstayonyourlips,possessiveandfaithfulasweare,foraslongasweare.Takeit.Itsplatinumloopsshrinktoawedding-ring,ifyoulike.Lethal.Itsscentwillclingtoyourfingers,clingtoyourknife.ApproachingtheEssayStep1:Thinkaboutthetask/questio

3、n.Inthiscase,thequestionisasfollows:Chooseapoemwhichincreasedyourunderstandingofanyaspectoflifeinthemodernworld.Statewhataspectoflifeinthemodernworldthepoemillustratesandgoontoshowhowthepoem,bothbyitscontentandbyitsstyle,increasedyourunderstanding.Now,mind-mapyour

4、ideasforkeypointsyouwishtomakeaboutthepoem.Step2:Avitalpartofyouressaywillinvolvetheanalysisofquotations.Foreachpointyouwishtoraiseyoumustgatherrelevantevidencefromthetext.Rememberthatyoucanusemorethanonequoteperparagraph.Step3:Developaplan,followingthePEEorasimil

5、arformat.Itisatthispointthatyouneedtothinkaboutthecommentsyouwillmakeaboutyourquotations.Ineachparagraph,itshouldbeclearhowthis‘answers’yourquestion/task.Step4:Youshouldnowhavepreparedenoughmaterialtohelpyoubeginyouressay.Keepthecriteriainmindatalltimes,rememberin

6、gthatyoumustbalanceyourexplanationofwhatissaidwithhowitissaid.EssayPlan–Example‘Valentine’byCarolAnnDuffyTask/Question:Astudyofhowinthepoem‘Valentine’,CarolAnnDuffyexploresthenatureandeffectofmodernrelationships.Introduction:Remembertitle,authorandreferencetotask.

7、IntroduceideathatDuffyischallengingthetraditionalviewofValentine’sdayandaimingtopresentamore‘realistic’viewoflovethroughthisextendedmetaphor.Paragraph1:Fromthefirstlineofthepoem,itisclearthatthespeakerinthispoemwishestorejectmodernsymbolsofloveandromance.Evidence:

8、Sentenceinversion;focuson‘Not’.Repeatedinpoem.Referencetotypicalsymbols/gifts.Explanation:Duffyisaimingtoshowtheyaremeaningless;hergiftseemsunusualbutpr