Duffy uses the metaphor of an onion to describe the complexity of love in her poem 'Valentine'. "Not a red rose or a satin heart. I give you an onion." On the face of it, Carol Ann Duffy’s ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Shannon McHugh, UMass Boston (THE CONVERSATION) As poets have demonstrated for ...

How to spread the love on Valentine’s Day The festival included ... The first Valentine’s gift recorded in history was a poem written by Charles, the Duke of Orléans to his wife while he ...